[1][2] The gallery was founded by artist Simone Haak (1952)[3] and Joke Doedens (1961) in 1986 to create new opportunity for ceramists on the Dutch market.

High quality ceramic art and products were hard to find in the market, and there were no more than a handful of specialized galleries in those days.

In the first decade they had work in stock from about thirty ceramists, among them Klaartje Kamermans, Hein Severijns, Susanne Silvertant, Norman Trapman and Eddy Varekamp.

The gallery had also participated with their works in numerous art fairs, had given lectures and workshops, had published a small series of books, and had started an online web shop with much biographical information about the ceramists.

In 2018 Galerie Terra Delft published a book the life and work of the ceramist Dirk Romijn (1946-2017).