Marlies Huybs
The Journey as Important
as the Destination
Belgian designer Marlies Huybs creates handmade objects, which are the result of an intuitive process. For her, the imaginative journey is just as important as the destination.
Drawing inspiration from nature’s organic shapes and textures, Marlies creates timeless pieces that exude simplicity and elegance. Her works grow steadily from her love for the raw beauty of natural materials. Every piece reflects the wayward beauty of her poetic visual language.
For Marlies, ceramics are not just objects — they are the result of a deeply mindful process. Working with clay requires patience and presence, allowing each piece to evolve gradually through touch, repetition and time. Kneading, shaping and smoothing the clay becomes a practice where craft and intuition meet.
Slow transformation lies at the heart of her work. Clay begins as a soft, malleable material before being fired into a durable form that can last for generations.
Marlies embraces this process fully, accepting the subtle irregularities that naturally emerge along the way.
Rather than striving for perfect uniformity, she embraces the small imperfections that reveal the hand of the maker.
The result is a collection of ceramics that feel authentic, tactile, and quietly elegant. Pieces designed not merely to be admired, but to be a silent presence – both honest and poetic.
Our guests and visitors can now discover the ceramic work of Marlies Huybs at Cá na serra as part of the exhibition Poetics of Material and Space, curated by Sanae Collective.
Poetics of Material and space runs until September 2026 and can be visited by appointment or by staying at Cá na Serra. The exhibition will exceptionally open to the public on 23rd May 2026, inviting visitors to immerse themselves in the dialogue between maker, material and space.
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photography by Piet Albert Goethals