Combining historical research with sculptural form, Marion DeWeerd interrogates raw material, poetic inquiry, and preservation. Her practice is rooted in research and craft, drawing on traditional materials like wood, ceramic, and steel to explore the latent histories embedded within them.

DeWeerd also manipulates text as material, treating translation, manipulation, and erasure as sculptural processes for both physical media and the written word. Currently based in Kansas City, she studies Sculpture and Art History at the Kansas City Art Institute (BFA 2026). DeWeerd is a historical architecture restorationist at RetroChem Inc as well as a designer and fabricator with JUBEO design, where she prioritizes longevity and honesty in her projects. All her work- artistic, professional, academic, and interpersonal- are not separate limbs of her practice but melt together. For DeWeerd, art is not an object on display but the lived practice of making—an ongoing conversation between material, history, and action.

Grandma Bon’s Pen 2023 Glazed ceramic Life-size
Treats Poplar wood, cotton fabric, and bleach 17 x 2” x 13"
A pencil sketch of a house with a garage, a front porch, and a tree on the right side, with a driveway leading up to the garage.
A long wooden board with clay tiles partially glazed in maroon, light green, and dark green colors, arranged in a pattern. In the background, there are stacks of unglazed clay tiles on a white table.
A Picture’s Worth 465 Characters 2024 Ceramic, steel, @, #, /, ., :, +, =, %, and - 15” x 6” x 15”