ABOUT US

Floor plan layout of a workshop with labeled areas including a kitchen, WC, shelving units, work in progress shelves, a slag roller, throwing wheels, sliding tables, hand holding tables, tools, a child open stud lookout point, and various workstations.
Floor plan of a community or educational building with labeled rooms including a staff room, glaze lab, class area, member storage, glaze area, donation shelf, plaster room, and several kilns.

We also host a variety of classes and courses in ceramics, display works for visitors to buy, and twice a year organise a 2-day market where members can sell their work.

The shared studio model ensures that both professional and part-time makers have an affordable space to work in. They not only share the workspace, tools and machines, but they also share their skills and knowledge. Different creatives work under one roof, inspiring each other along the way.

Studio Pansa KNSM can be found in an amazing, bright space at the KNSM-Island in Amsterdam East. 376 m2 in a beautifully renovated old maritime building, now called Loods 6. 

It is divided over 2 floors. On the upper floor you can find pottery wheels, tables, the slab roller and the recycling area. A little staircase leads to a mezzanine where you can relax and read one of our books about pottery and ceramics. On the lower floor, you will find more tables, the glazing area and spray booth, the mould making area, loads of shelving and our kilns.

The studio provides all the professional facilities needed for our members to work freely with clay, ceramics, sculpture and pottery in a spacious and comfortable studio space.

Mindfulness is a well known concept for ceramists. Studio Pansa provides a base for this, being a beacon of serenity for individuals amongst a busy existence in a metropolis.

As a member, you pay a monthly fee, just like in a gym, in exchange for which you can use the studio and all its facilities to your heart’s extent. You become part of the community.

TOOLS & FACILITIES

TEAM PANSA

  • A man with light brown hair and a beard, smiling with arms crossed, standing in a pottery studio with wooden shelves filled with ceramic vases, bowls, and plants in the background.

    Lennard Houkes

    FOUNDER
    GENERAL MANAGER

  • A person with long hair and a green shirt holding a potted cactus plant.

    Sander Kloppenburg

    OFFICE MANAGER

  • A woman sitting cross-legged on a woodworking table in a studio, holding a potted plant, smiling at the camera with shelves filled with various pottery and decorative objects in the background.

    Lenise Sotero de Almeida

    TEACHER
    KILN OPERATOR
    OFFICE ASSISTANT

  • A woman with curly hair, glasses, wearing a black shirt and striped apron, smiling and holding two ceramic doughnuts in a pottery studio.

    Geraldine Demessine

    TEACHER

  • A young man with curly black hair and earrings, holding a ceramic mug, standing in front of a wall with abstract art. He is wearing a white t-shirt and a gold necklace and bracelet, with some clay residue on his hands and shirt.

    Omar de Jong

    TEACHER

  • A woman with short brown hair, glasses, and a geometric-patterned shirt holding a small black ceramic pot in a pottery studio. She is wearing a blue apron and standing in front of a wall with partially painted large white letters.

    Hildrun Dreyer

    TEACHER

  • A woman with reddish-brown hair, wearing a navy blue jacket, sitting on a stool with one leg folded on her knee, smiling in front of a painted wall. She is wearing black jeans, gray sneakers, and a watch on her wrist.

    Giedre Berzinskaite

    TEACHER

  • A woman with short wavy blonde hair sitting indoors on a wooden stool, holding an open magazine, in a well-lit room with large windows, wooden shelves with ceramics and potted plants.

    Yvonne Teuben

    TEACHER

  • Gözde Dugan Sert

    TEACHER

  • A woman with dark hair and red lipstick holds a ceramic shoe-shaped vase with pink flowers and green leaves on her head.

    Saranda Mahalla

    GLAZE EXPERT
    KILN MANAGER
    TEACHER

  • A woman crouched on the floor smiling, surrounded by buckets and pottery tools in a workshop. There is a whiteboard with sketches behind her.

    Mara Liem 林留白

    TEACHER
    HEAD MENTOR

  • A woman with short blonde hair, wearing glasses, a yellow headscarf with orange and black patterns, earrings, and a sleeveless dark top, smiling softly in a cozy indoor setting with bookshelves and dining furniture in the background.

    Klaudia Kazmierczak

    TEACHER
    MENTOR
    KILN OPERATOR

  • A young woman with long blonde curly hair smiling inside a cabin with a city skyline visible through the window behind her.

    Isabelle Göbel

    MENTOR

  • A young woman with wavy brown hair, wearing a white top and a cross necklace, smiling softly and looking at the camera, against a plain white wall background.

    Mikaela-Skye Brits

    SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER
    MENTOR

  • A young woman with long dark braided hair, wearing a patterned sweater and a starfish-shaped necklace, taking a selfie indoors with framed colorful posters on the wall behind her.

    Tara 自芳 Zifang De Hert

    MENTOR
    KILN OPERATOR

  • A woman with curly hair wearing a black jacket and a yellow scarf takes a selfie in a room with sunlight casting shadows on the wall behind her.

    Ella Fischer Leventon

    MENTOR
    KILN OPERATOR

  • A woman with blonde bob hair and blue eyes sitting at a table, with folded arms, wearing a lavender jacket over a striped shirt, inside a restaurant or cafe.

    Theresa Schemm

    MENTOR

  • Saulé

    MENTOR

“What is that?
..Is it an airplane?
Are you gonna wear it?”

— Pansa, THA

A person dressed in brown leaves in the shape of a tree stands facing a young girl wearing a yellow cap in a rural field. The girl looks at the person, who is gesturing with their hand. In the background, there are houses and mountains.

Pansa & Lennard
Sculpture/performance 'Orang Belanda' http://lennardhoukes.com/
2012 Pai, Mae Hong Son Province, Northwest Thailand.
Photo by Sjors Houkes.

Studio Pansa was successfully crowdfunded in spring 2018, and opened on the 21st of May. The name was inspired by the curiosity of a child.

Founder and owner Lennard lived and worked in the Northern part of Thailand for a few months in 2012. While staying in a hut amidst paddy fields, creating his own artworks, he was often visited by a little boy, the son of the owners of the land.

The boy’s name was Pansa.

Pansa helped Lennard with various sculptures, installations and performances by giving him his pure, playful, naive, honest opinion about his works.

This curiosity stayed with Lennard in the following years.

Most of the inspiration and know-how for starting Studio Pansa resulted from Lennard’s time working at community studio Turning Earth in London, from 2013-2015.