Clementina van der Walt

Clementina van der Walt is a well-known South African studio potter, based in Cape Town, who has in the past four decades lectured, run a production studio, and held many one-person shows. Her work is represented in several South African national and international collections.

Together with her partner Albie Bailey, they run Clementina Ceramics Studio and a separate store in Woodstock Cape Town, South Africa. They also run a small Kraaldoring Studio and Gallery outside Calitzdorp in the Klein Karoo.

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Her aesthetic inspiration is drawn from the patterns, colors, and textures in the urban and African rural landscapes. She uses techniques of press molding, casting, and throwing with earthen ware clays, slips and underglazes.