Ødeland is a research and artistic project exploring how waste materials — such as toilets, sinks, ampoules — can be transformed into new clay bodies and glazes. By testing recycled materials in their studios and collaborating with local waste management in Bornholm – BOFA, the artists aim to develop sustainable ceramic practices and circular systems that make waste a viable resource for future production.
For thousands of years, we have taken raw materials from the Earth to produce ceramics. But clay and minerals are non-renewable resources — and some are already becoming scarce.
Every year, huge amounts of ceramic waste end up in landfills: toilets, tiles, tableware and glass. What if this waste could become the raw material of the future?
In the Ødeland project, ceramicists Signe Fensholt, Thora Finnsdottir, and Christina Schou Christensen investigate exactly that. In their studios, they collect discarded materials, crush them, sieve them, and experiment with new recipes for clay bodies and glazes.