To begin with, ceramics was not my everyday tool to work with. Also not particularly one I would have chosen myself to deepen my skill sets in. In the past and current, I am investigating the tools of digital media. Previously I have been working with virtual reality with the help of a 360° camera and software and other methods such as 3D images. 

To me, the additional layers of knowledge are what is driving me in my work. Here I had the chance to open myself to the knowledge of ceramics. It‘s history in relation to the public space in the sphinx kwartier.

Maastricht and the history of this industrial area have direct relevance to the industrial history of ceramics itself, down to the development of trade itself, rooted in the long silk roads to Japan. I had to dedicate myself to shaping the neck of the bottle. Originally I followed the shape of an everyday plastic bottle. The banality of this everyday shape grabs my attention.

A sculpture was placed in an area, which founded an entire industry around ceramics, rooted to build everyday molds for everyday objects. As banal as a toilette. A shape we all know. But now conflicted with the actual material, the struggle and hard work that is put into the object brought my attention to the handwork and craftsmanship itself. I noticed my own ignorance of the knowledge which is required to work with this material. In times in which the industry is built on the requirements of multi-skill sets pushes the loss of the knowledge on which every object and design is based.