Monica van den Berg is a full-time sculptor working from her own studio. She began working with clay in 2007 and has been exhibiting her work since 2008, receiving several awards for her ceramics.
Monica primarily works with clay using handbuilding techniques, creating sculptural pieces and, more recently, focusing on hand-built vessels. At the leather-hard stage, she applies a slip to the surface of the vessel to create a canvas-like effect. She then paints the vessels with underglaze, often using her own botanical sketches as inspiration.
Each piece is finished through a firing process reaching 1160°C, resulting in distinctive ceramic works that combine sculptural form with delicate botanical imagery.
Part of HIGHVELD CERAMICS: CURATED.