Boquita de Cielo is a London-based art studio run by Belgians Koen Meersman and Kris Scheerlinck.

The studio creates artistic interventions in the form of hand sculpted ceramic murals, tableaus and tiles.

The duo is fascinated by the alchemy of material, form and finish, using premium clays and their own range of natural ceramic glazes. With continual experimentation, Boquita de Cielo finds added interest in the different depths and layering effect of custom glaze recipes. Rich in texture, the hand-carved ceramics artworks evoke an almost visceral, and emotional response. In its varying forms, the Boquita de Cielo aesthetic always leaves a trace of themselves, their own unique identifier.
Occupying a space between art and design, Boquita de Cielo stands for unexpected combinations of elaborated textures and finishings, highlighting the spatial qualities in high-end architectural projects of a domestic or commercial nature or within the hospitality industry.

Koen and Kris are creative polymaths having both already traversed several successful careers, including running a studio together in Barcelona specialising in ephemeral constructions with many in the fashion sphere. That bank of experience, along with time spent living in New York City, Barcelona, as well as their native Belgium, before settling their current base in London, accumulatively led them to found Boquita de Cielo.
Their partnership extends over three decades, having first met in Scotland as students. Koen is an interior designer, an artist and an educator. Kris is an architect, an artist and a tenured professor at University of Leuven in Belgium. They share a love for detail, the artistic nature of their work, the different stages of manual labour and time dedicated to crafting by hand. With an interest in systematic repetition, they do not think about creating surfaces with an infinite field to be repeated, but are led by how the overall sculptural form develops within itself and spatially within the architecture of the place, or location.
Koen and Kris operate from their Waltham Forest studio surrounded by a community of other makers: from craftspeople, fabricators, designers, and creatives, and find daily inspiration from their London home in the Barbican.

Boquita de Cielo represents the coming together of all their past 30 years of professional experience in creating spaces and personal endeavours; their collective understanding of architecture, interiors, art and passion for highest craftsmanship.

To view more work or daily updates, please visit @boquitadecielo.