Ecological habitats
Can dead wood form the foundation for rich urban habitats, which attracts both humans and insect species simultaneously?
A new way of coexistence
These Habitat Elements are functional sculptures to ‘live’ in or on. They are supposed to attract the human eye and function as attrative objects for biodiversity. The furniture piece promotes an integrated society where humans can watch, listen and learn from “nature” without disturbing the habitat of other species.
Two different themes
The family consists out of two characters. One bench is designed to blend in with nature in springtime, and has a green, brownish color, with some glossy spots that reflect the sunlight. This one has a glazing of sinter engobes with oxide pigments. The other one is developed with an urban environment in mind, and resembles an appetising glossy icing on the Cake of Biodiversity. This piece is made out of pink coloured clay, with a transparent glossy glaze.
In the landscape
Design process
To create these furniture pieces Mirte participated in the residency programme of Sundaymorning@ekwc, a centre-of-excellence for ceramics in Oisterwijk, the Netherlands. Here the shapes where hand build, and then reproduced by press in molds from plaster and wood.
