Bečka & Wolbert co-productie
The Ridge Collection

Inge Bečka, vormgever porselein en Mariëtte Wolbert, textielvormgever hebben samen een collectie ontworpen genaamd ‘The Ridge Collection’.

De basis is een handgeweven stof ontworpen door Mariëtte, die geweven is in India. Deze stof is genomineerd geweest voor de ‘Dutch Design Award’. Mariëtte heeft van de stof 3D-objecten en tegels gemaakt.

Inge heeft deze stoffen ‘modellen’ in China, waar zij jaarlijks werkt als artist in residence, gebruikt om gipsen mallen te maken. De gegoten porseleinen objecten worden vervolgens met de hand vervormd en versneden, zodat ieder exemplaar uniek is. ‘The Ridge Collection’ wordt gemaakt in kleine oplage.

Via Purmerend, India, Westbeemster en China is ‘The Ridge Collection’ ontstaan.

Royal Tichelaar (est. 1572) is the oldest company in the Netherlands and has worldwide recognition in the field of glazing ceramics. Over the centuries the company has accumulated a priceless reservoir of knowledge and skills.

The proven durable properties of ceramics and its timeless beauty add value to Tichelaar's products, making them more relevant than ever. These qualities form a great attraction for contemporary designers and architects, and with them Tichelaar co-creates intensively to find new applications.

Royal Tichelaar is one of the world's few remaining factories that continues to combine traditional craft competences with a modern approach of client wishes. This persistence has now put the company in a leading position in applied glazed and/or textured ceramic facades and other ceramic surfaces.

Fuelled by the rich history and expertise, we constantly seek exciting new challenges by architects and designers. The latest result are the tiles from The Ridge Collection 2015 by Inge Bečka & Mariëtte Wolbert.

Inge Bečka, designer of porcelain and Mariëtte Wolbert, designer of textile have compiled together a collection called ‘The Ridge Collection’.

The basis of this collection is a woven cloth by the design of Mariëtte and hand-woven in India. This cloth design was nominated for the ‘Dutch Design Award’. Mariëtte utilizes this cloth in 3D-objects and tiles.

Yearly working in China as a resident artist, Inge uses these objects and tiles to make plaster moulds for porcelain clay casting. The form and shape of these castings are individually distorted and adapted, making each object unique. Hence also by working in this manner ‘The Ridge Collection’ is made in small series only.

Via Purmerend, India, Westbeemster and China ‘The Ridge Collection’ is formed.