Making ceramics is a craft and one of the oldest art forms in the world. The first painted and decorated vases from far before our era give us an idea of ​​the daily life of that time.

The fact that we have this knowledge is due to the almost indestructible nature of pottery. It may break into shards, but will survive the test of time. It can withstand the elements and the harshest conditions.

What if our current pottery turns up at an archaeological site hundreds of years from now? What will future generations learn about us? In the series ‘Irenic’, contemporary personal and social issues are both title and work of art.

Birgit Verwer´s visual art anchored in a century-old craft, with the ‘Irenic’ vazes series of five new artworks. 

Together with the experts at Cor Unum Ceramics in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, she developed a vase which is inspired on the shape of vase she worked with during my artist-in-residence in China.

Only by this collaboration combined with the values with which the people at Cor Unum work, her  ‘Irenic’ series of vases could come to be.