Sea Silt Ceramics illustrated by Jan Rothuizen @Volkskrant 2025

Reusing sea sludge for a sustainable ceramic industry

Artist Jan Rothuizen captured Humade’s research and technical journey from ‘Sea Silt Ceramics’ from sea sludge to circular ceramics.

Humade transformed what seemed impossible into a first proof of concept new bio-based material. The power of making.

We are proud that together with our ‘Sea Silt Ceramics’ consortium - Humade, Groningen Seaport, Deltares and @Koninklijke Tichelaar - we are working on a large scale up valorization of this circular production chain.

‘Sea Silt Ceramics’ is a good example of how collaboration between innovation, industry and science gives high impact answers to societal challenges such as resource scarcity and biodiversity loss. The project can lead to solutions that contribute to sustainability, nature restoration and a circular economy, and play an important role in the ecological recovery of the Eems-Dollard estuary.

Jan Rothuizen created an earlier version for our solo exhibition ‘Sea Silt / linking elements’ made possible by Fries Museum & Keramiekmuseum Princessehof 2022.

 

Thanks to: 

Jan Rothuizen, de Volkskrant, EcoShape, AWP HunzeenAas, VormVrij | 3D, EKWC, Fries Museum & Keramiekmuseum Princessehof, Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie.

Waddenfonds, The DOEN Foundation, Rabo Foundation, TBI Klimaattrein Provincie Fryslân, TKI Delta Technologie, NEWttt, Nationaal Regieorgaan Praktijkgericht Onderzoek SIA, TCKI, HAN University of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, University of Amsterdam, Programma Eems-Dollard 2050, ROM InWest, Rijksoverheid, Tanya Rumpff, Wendy Gers (PhD),Fred Haarman,

 

humade (lotte Dekker, Gieke van Lon) Groningen Seaports (Bart van der Kolk), Koninklijke Tichelaar B.V. (Jan Kok), Deltares ( Marc Verheul, Wouter van der Star).

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