A dedication to the composition of everyday materials identifies her practice, intertwining the cultural background they carry, as well as their environmental impact. To research & design becomes a way to learn craftsmanship, retrace tradition, and share knowledge by thinking and acting in an interdisciplinary way.
Ceramics made of regional sludge, 2021, The Netherlands.
Sea Silt is a material research and ceramic product developed with the Dutch design Studio Humade. The designers, renown for their kintsugi repair kit, extended their environmental research on local clay bodies. In particular, Sea Silt applies to make ceramics a sludge originating from Groningen, otherwise applied to build dikes. Containing salt and shrinking like porcelain, the material represented a challenging quest. After two years of development, their collection of tiles is now tested for production at Tikelaar Makkum (NL).
Selected by Humade and the Stimuleringsfonds “Building Talent” commission, the assignment consisted of assisting Gieke and Lotte for developing their publication, the new tiles and vases, as well as helping with the digital and material production for their solo show at the Princessehod National Ceramic Museum in Leeuwarden (2022).