Marlies van Wijk: Clay Sketches from the Eighties

 Marlies and Geer at work in 1986. Photos courtesy of Geer Pouls .

The title of the 1986 group exhibition that included an entire wall of Marlies' Designs for Large Vases was KERAMIEK. I asked Geer Poul...

I found a review by Lia Roose of a group exhibition featuring Marlies and four other ceramists at Geer Pouls' gallery in 1986. The other...

Looking at this bowl from the back, we suddenly see Marlies herself.  While each piece in the box reveals something personal about her, this...

With Teun Hocks, it was always playtime. You could let out all your energy with him and he wouldn't pay any attention. He was very enter...

At the Beeldenaar art school for kids, Saturday mornings were organized so that you changed teachers and subjects every month.  Besides Marl...

This morning I visited Peter Tomesen, who was Marlies' partner for many years and has always remained her friend.  Not only does Peter h...