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Clay dug by hand
The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.
The workCasting Memories (Kasia Kaczmarek), on the Dutch Design Week 2026 programme ddw.nlResearch cited
- MatEdU (Materials Education), Slip Casting module materialseducation.org
Other sources
- Site kasiakaczmarek.com
- De fabriek (ddw.nl) ddw.nl
- Casting memories (ddw.nl) ddw.nl
- ABOUT ME (kasiakaczmarek.com) kasiakaczmarek.com
- Kasia kaczmarek (academieminerva.nl) academieminerva.nl
- Kasia kaczmarek (kunstpuntgroningen.nl) kunstpuntgroningen.nl
Images, slide by slide
- Slide 1
- A tall vessel of three stacked, spouted tiers in dark red-brown clay, beside wooden crates, buckets of raw clay and a white sack in a workshopPhoto: Hannah Stienstra / DDWMuseum or journal record
- Slide 2
- Diagram of four steps in boxes: dig wild clay in Groningen, filter, make slip (clay in water), cast in a plaster mold; three cast tiers stack into one vesselImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against DDW 2026 programme, Casting Memories (source line drawn on the graphic)Museum or journal record
- Slide 3
- Diagram of a plaster mold in three steps: filled with liquid slip, a clay wall forming against the plaster as it draws water out, then the excess poured out leaving a hollow clay shellImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against MatEdU Slip Casting module (source line drawn on the graphic)Museum or journal record
- Slide 4
- Two hands with dark painted nails hold up one spouted tier of the red-brown clay vessel against a dark backgroundPhoto: Djordi Komrij / Dutch Design WeekMuseum or journal record
- Slide 5
- Four people around a round white table drink from small clay cups beside the tall three-tier clay vessel, in a room lined with wood board; faces blurredPhoto: Daniek Snijder / Dutch Design WeekMuseum or journal record
- Ring frame
- Iron, 1739, Rijksmuseum (BK-NM-11177-59-A)Frame: Rijksmuseum, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record