Waddenzee
Image: Waddenzee - Vloed L
Waddenzee – Eb, Vloed M & L, Modder
Porcelain series of cups and decorative plates
2012
“Waddenzee”
“Waddenzee” is a limited edition series of porcelain plates and cups inspired by the sea that lies in the north of the Netherlands, Germany and west of Denmark. The sea forms a shallow body of water with tidal flats and wetlands. The porcelain series portrays this unique nature area as well as it imitates its behavior.
In search of the character the Wadden Sea, Maarten and Guus started to project the natural behavior of the sea on to the production process of porcelain. “The tidal behavior of the sea is comparable to the production of ceramics; it’s a flow of clay and water repeating its process every 12 hours. What we liked about it that it seems that it all happens in the single ebb and flood movement; After every high tide the landscape seems new again. We tried to capture that by having as little steps in the production process as possible. The “Mud” cups are colored in their pour, the “Eb” plates are created in a painted mold passing some of its pigments with every production. Because most pieces are glazed and finished before they have even placed in the oven for the first time, the biscuit stage (ceramics are mostly baked in two stages) becomes unnecessary. But what we might like the most is that we are not the ones in control of what the plate or cup will look like in the end; It’s the water that decides.”
Waddenzee was first shown at “Eb” for Kavan Ronsey at BeLa Editions, 28 rue Lens, Brussels from 13.01.2012 – 10.02.2012.
Waddenzee has been created with the help of Stichting Stokroos and Doen|Materiaalprijs
Waddenzee - Vloed L
Waddenzee - Vloed M
Waddenzee - Modder
Waddenzee - Modder
Waddenzee - Eb, full series
Waddenzee - Eb no.1.2
