Veerle Verschooren

Veerle Verschooren designs with stained glass.
Her roots are in the Waasland region, as the great-granddaughter of clog makers and seamstresses.
She studied at the Sint-Lucas Institute in Ghent, where she graduated as a ‘Master in Glass Art’ (1999). Veerle also studied under teachers such as Michèle Perozeni and Udo Zembok (l’Ecole supérieur des arts decoratifs Strasbourg, France), Miloslava Svobodova and Koen Vanderstukken (Institute for Artistic Crafts Mechelen).
Veerle gradually discovered that she has a talent for ‘making’ and that the blood of her ancestors flows through her veins.
She started her own studio in 2000. First part-time, and then fully self-employed from 2010. This allowed Veerle to concentrate on designing and experimenting with this ancient but very much alive craft.