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A Swiss Potter | Niko Haese | Episode 1194
Niko Haese | Episode 1194
Niko Haese is a Swiss-based potter whose modern, minimalist work explores stacked forms and cohesive tableware sets. Originally rooted in handbuilding, Niko now works primarily on the wheel. Drawing on his background in filmmaking, Niko creates approachable pottery tutorials, helping beginners explore the craft and develop their own creative practice.
SPONSORS
You can help support the show!
GRPotteryForms.com
TortugaTools.com
BuschKraft.shop
Number 1 brand in America for a reason. Skutt.com
For all your ceramic needs go to Georgies.com
What are you doing to grow your following so that when you launch you’ve got a bigger launch pad?
I think before I launch my work I will start posting more photography. I have so far been focusing on tutorials and reels.
Do you feel like tutorials and reels helps to grow a desire for people to want your work besides just a desire to learn?
I certainly hope so! The whole idea in the beginning was that I was figuring out how to do something, and then I made a video about it and then I posted it. I was kind of hoping for feedback from others while they looked at what I did. So the first idea was to get feedback from a wider community.
What currently is pushing you forward in ceramics… what’s making you want to make more and go to the next level?
Well, I just can’t get enough of spending time in the studio. Because it’s only a hobby, my time is limited. So if I can generate an income from it, then I could spend way more time with my passion. So that is the main motivation.
What is something that you are really excited to explore in ceramics right now?
I think that really gets me pumped is to make one shape over and over again and make this kind of perfect shape. But it is also a bit limiting because so far I have spent last year with three different shapes. Outside of the studio I would love to give in-person pottery classes. I haven’t done that so far. It has only been my tutorials on Instagram.
Say we have just stepped into a time machine and we can go exactly five years into the future… When you step out of that time machine five years into the future, what do you see?
I think I am not seeing my seven square meter basement studio. I see a bigger place like a community studio where I can invite other potters to give classes. And I would like to see a shop full of my ceramics that I can sell in markets.
If you could remove all constraints like time, budget, firing space, so on and so forth… what ceramic skill would you chase down?
I think I would chase being fast, pursuing a high volume of work in a short time and focusing on a handful of different shapes like cups, mugs, bowls, plates, and pour overs and stuff like this. Not like very big objects or things that are really specialized but the basics… getting fluid in the basic shapes.
Book
A Brief History of Earth by Andrew H. Knoll
Contact
nomar-pottery.com
Instagram: @nomar_pottery.jpg
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By Show Notes – The Potters CastNiko Haese | Episode 1194
Niko Haese is a Swiss-based potter whose modern, minimalist work explores stacked forms and cohesive tableware sets. Originally rooted in handbuilding, Niko now works primarily on the wheel. Drawing on his background in filmmaking, Niko creates approachable pottery tutorials, helping beginners explore the craft and develop their own creative practice.
SPONSORS
You can help support the show!
GRPotteryForms.com
TortugaTools.com
BuschKraft.shop
Number 1 brand in America for a reason. Skutt.com
For all your ceramic needs go to Georgies.com
What are you doing to grow your following so that when you launch you’ve got a bigger launch pad?
I think before I launch my work I will start posting more photography. I have so far been focusing on tutorials and reels.
Do you feel like tutorials and reels helps to grow a desire for people to want your work besides just a desire to learn?
I certainly hope so! The whole idea in the beginning was that I was figuring out how to do something, and then I made a video about it and then I posted it. I was kind of hoping for feedback from others while they looked at what I did. So the first idea was to get feedback from a wider community.
What currently is pushing you forward in ceramics… what’s making you want to make more and go to the next level?
Well, I just can’t get enough of spending time in the studio. Because it’s only a hobby, my time is limited. So if I can generate an income from it, then I could spend way more time with my passion. So that is the main motivation.
What is something that you are really excited to explore in ceramics right now?
I think that really gets me pumped is to make one shape over and over again and make this kind of perfect shape. But it is also a bit limiting because so far I have spent last year with three different shapes. Outside of the studio I would love to give in-person pottery classes. I haven’t done that so far. It has only been my tutorials on Instagram.
Say we have just stepped into a time machine and we can go exactly five years into the future… When you step out of that time machine five years into the future, what do you see?
I think I am not seeing my seven square meter basement studio. I see a bigger place like a community studio where I can invite other potters to give classes. And I would like to see a shop full of my ceramics that I can sell in markets.
If you could remove all constraints like time, budget, firing space, so on and so forth… what ceramic skill would you chase down?
I think I would chase being fast, pursuing a high volume of work in a short time and focusing on a handful of different shapes like cups, mugs, bowls, plates, and pour overs and stuff like this. Not like very big objects or things that are really specialized but the basics… getting fluid in the basic shapes.
Book
A Brief History of Earth by Andrew H. Knoll
Contact
nomar-pottery.com
Instagram: @nomar_pottery.jpg