Working on a project from inspiration!

Memory Stones

New in the collection are my memory stones. They are sturdy, simple and natural in design. A memory stone refers to an event, a moment, a memory, a person… to mark, celebrate, cherish and remember. Who doesn’t know it … taking found stones with you from a holiday or walk, or the beautiful monoliths and rock formations that rise impressively in a landscape as powerful standing stones … they inspire me to simple, organic forms in which my glazes determine the landscape of the new stone form … it is

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Altars and Urns

For many years I have been making little pots of memory, (mini) urns, altars and small memorial stones for at home or outside. Time and again it is special and honorable to be able to contribute to the creation of a personal and special place for remembrance and / or commemoration. Life, death and mourning itself are not static, which is why I like to give my work the opportunity to attach small additions of a moment or memory to it. ….. by means of a string, magnet, niche, and

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OER plates

Fired earth and reduced stoneware in its purest form… you can see that in my Oer plates: tough, quirky but also modern and contemporary and always one of a kind! I have inspired the shape on the old, battered tin plates of early times, as if they had been in a ditch for years and had been fished up again during dredging work. The Oer plates were created from a special project in which I worked with clay from the Miljuschka ditch. Read more about this. The large plates are

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Nieuwe website - Marjoke de Heer Keramiek Atelier

A new website

Although I was very attached to my small, stubborn website, I now have a beautiful new one! I hope and expect that you – my visitors – come and have a look with pleasure and attention! WELCOME! My webshop is still in the initial phase, I will gradually add more items. I already have nice work on the shelf. On Instagram I will announce my product updates and occasionally tell more about an item at NEWS and PRESS. Creating this website has been a valuable and intensive process. From now

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All Shades of Terra

All Shades of Terra

Walking along the coast of Wales, through Bologna or in Japan … everywhere I come across the most vibrant and layered earth colors. Affected by time in soft nuances and with traces of all kinds of life and activity over the years. This weathered beauty always touches a chord with me and inspires me in my work. Earth and baked earth … it’s so close together. Walking along the Welsh coast In love with the colors of the walls in Bologna! In Imari, a small town near Arita (known for

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