Who we are

About Us

Passionate about creating bespoke, signature surfaces like nothing you’ve seen before.

VEELVLAK SIGNATURE SURFACES

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Veelvlak Signature Surfaces is the culmination of years of layered exploration into tactile clay surfaces. We started out over 30 years ago producing slip cast tableware which quickly grew into a small industry. We began to include a range of surfaces that has expanded to hand crafted murals and larger wall coverings.

When you visit VEELVLAK you will find that we think differently and our ethos "Make a difference" is woven into everything we do. Right from the design of the tiles and the tactile experience of our pieces, through to how we treat the talented people working for us, we aim to approach all the facets of our business with unique creativity and integrity.

As our business grows so too does our commitment to staff development and production integrity. We are proud to make our clients a part of this story.

MEET

OUR TEAM

Our team are encouraged to be involved in all the different elements of production processes and workflow. As the guardians, curators and care-takers of our surfaces, the experience they have gained in working with all facets of the clay's journey has formed the foundation and backbone of our studio.

CREATIVE

ANELE

Anele has built on his skill as a sculptural artist since joining the team.

SHORT FILM: THE ARTIST



PRODUCTION

BENNI

Benni brings years of experience and skill in vessel making to VLVLK and is incorporated in several ways in our surface coverings and vessels.

PRODUCTION

BLAISE

Blaise works in production at packing and unpacking kilns.

CREATIVE

ELSABE

Elsabe with her extensive experience in ceramics, is leading the technical development of exciting glazes and artistic techniques in the lab while transferring the skills to various members of the production team.

PRODUCTION

ERICK

Erick with his electrical experience is maintaining our kilns and overseeing packing and unpacking of kilns.

SHORT FILM: THE KILN MASTER

CREATIVE

ERLO

Erlo, photographer and film-maker, creatively capturing and documenting the VLVLK journey, and bringing our work to you.

CREATIVE

GERRIT

Gerrit is the founder, giving rise to extra ordinary high quality surfaces and concepts, with intuitive creative direction and years of experience in ceramics all contributing to the success of VLVLK locally and internationally.

CREATIVE

GILLIAN

Gillian as co founder, is now senior designer, is responsible for delivering world class designs and artistically rich surfaces.

CREATIVE

HELÉ

Helé has honed her skill at hand painting on ceramic, having been involved in all aspects of production over the years, very few artist can match her skill at fynbos painting.

PRODUCTION

LILITHA

Lilitha having been involved in all aspects of production over the years, is now working in the glazing section.

SHORT FILM: THE MOTHER

PRODUCTION

LUCKY

Lucky works in production, clay mixing, forming of surfaces, and has the skills for other areas of the processes to assist wherever needed.

SHORT FILM: THE ALL-ROUNDER

PRODUCTION

MIKE

Mike is supervising production, clay mixing, forming and finishing of surfaces, and always keeping the work flow on track.

SHORT FILM: TEAM COACH

PRODUCTION

MILLAR

Millar oversees our daily operations and is responsible for overall business direction and management.

PRODUCTION

MONA

Mona works in production, forming of surfaces, finishing and other areas of the processes delivering glaze ready surfaces.

PRODUCTION

NOSI

Nosi works in production, forming and finishing of surfaces, as well as other areas needed for delivering glaze ready surfaces.

PRODUCTION

PASCAL

Pascal works in production, finishing of surfaces, aiding in product transportation and other areas of the processes.

SHORT FILM: THE MUSICIAN

CREATIVE

SIM

Sim has returned to us, after training and working as a mosaic artist, his experiences are being incorporated in sculptural pieces as well as hand painted projects.

PRODUCTION

SINDI

Sindi works in production, forming and finishing of surfaces, as well as other areas needed for delivering glaze ready surfaces.

SHORT FILM: SISTER

CREATIVE

TEBOGO

Tebogo came to us several years ago having trained as an artist. Since then he has further developed his hand painting skills achieving beautiful ceramic surfaces, built on top of his experiencing in general production.

SHORT FILM: ARTIST

PROCESS ENGINEER

RIAAN

Riaan is at the heart of all technical design and implementation of systems. Mechanical process optimisation and new product developer.  

CLIENT RELATIONS MANAGER

RONEL

Ronel is responsible for running the office and is the first point of contact for client communication.

PRODUCTION

NEVER

Never works mostly at forming of surfaces through various production techniques, as well as clay preparation and has the skills for other areas of the processes to assist wherever needed.

PRODUCTION

VELISWA

Veliswa works in production, forming of surfaces, finishing and other areas of the processes delivering glaze ready surfaces.

PRODUCTION

WISEMAN

Wiseman works in production, clay mixing and forming of surfaces, mostly as slab work.

PRODUCTION

YOLISWA

Yoliswa works in production, forming of surfaces, finishing and other areas of the processes delivering glaze ready surfaces.

PRODUCTION

ZANDILE

Zandile works in production, forming and finishing of surfaces, as well as other areas needed for delivering glaze ready surfaces.