Sculpted by hand from clay dug up in the Groninger countryside, these unfired funnel beakers recall the ancient forms of the Trechterbekercultuur—the Funnel Beaker Culture. Their surface carries hand-drawn motifs referencing 17th-century Delfts Blauw pottery, bridging millennia of ceramic language and symbolism.
This work investigates the lifecycles of materials, their origins, and their ends. The vessels remain unfired—raw and impermanent—to ask what it means to produce without permanence, from earth to form, from utility to decay. It is a research into non-toxic ceramic production, multispecies service-serving, and ancient, pre-industrial craft methods.
It is a quest to rethink how we use the earth’s materials—how we extract, transform, and discard them—while considering their roles beyond human utility. What forms emerge when we serve not just ourselves, but the ecosystems we inhabit?
Exhibited between archeological excavations regarding drinking ware in Stichting Monument & Materiaal, Groningen.
