I wanted to share this video from Vincent Laforet. Vincent is a very talented photographer, in the process of moving to video. He’s made other great videos, but when I saw this one featuring surfer Jamie O’brien, I immediately felt home, in the sense that what I saw on the movie, and reading his post, is what I live when I sculpt. We’re talking about a danse. I see art as a danse. You learn the technique, you struggle, you keep at it, and someday you stop thinking. Your body moves, yet your brain is not the commender. Spirit talks.
Many people confirmed this feeling of seing a danse after having seen me in action. I’d love a guy like Vincent to see it through his video cam. Wouldn’t it be awesome to share it with you all ?
Hello, hope everybody had a great time during holidays, and wish you a great 2009.
As you can see, this brand new site is evolving everyday, with upcoming additions such as a gallery page, a biography page, and so on. In the meantime we will include new posts in the blog part, some of them between older posts (to respect chronology), as I came accross some old pictures that might interest you.
I love to experiment with repetitions of very simple forms. Since the end of last year I’ve started to work a bit with metal and welding. Totally new experience, and for sure it will serve my style’s evolution, even on very “organic” human faces and bodies.
This maquette was made for a collector who wanted to compliment her garden with a sculpture, something futuristic and abstract. She loves it.
… but not only. It’s always good to learn different things, to express creativity through other medias. Although I don’t think of drawing as an absolute necessity to learn to master sculpture, it certainly helps. I like to draw fast and try to capture the subject with just a few planes. You will have the opportunity to purchase limited edition drawings in a near future, meanwhile you can get your hand on originals by contacting me. This original is already sold.
Rule of thumb : The more I work, the seldom I post here on the blog.
It’s funny to see that in term of communication, few posts means slow activity to the general public. In fact it is the opposite. This is the good news.
The bad news is, not only I am crazy busy, but in top of that I’m cruel, as you will only get to see a teaser of my next sculpture …
Back home after a week in Paris. It’s been great. After having spent 7 years there, it feels like my second home ( many thanks to my sister Carole and Franck, the genius behind this website codes ). Got to see some old friends, visited art shows, galeries, and bought my new baby, a powerful computer laptop (now I have no excuse to post more here and build the website). My plan is to return there in may and work with models. Lots of beautiful faces there.
Do you want to pose ?
The sculpture is now slick enough to proceed to the next level. I like to get a really smooth surface… you can’t do any mistake because everything shows up, good or bad.
Hey there, long time without posting. I’ve been really busy latelly. Things are going great, a new website is coming, and a bunch of news. With my crazy schedule it may take a little time so I thought you might like a little something. This one is for the ladies..
Enjoy.
Terracotta with special patina. I also welded a metal stand so my (happy) customer can place her anywhere ( Zia can also be installed on a wall ). I like to give a modern look to sculptures so people know it’s been made in 2007. The training is classic though.
I usually don’t do maquettes because waterbased clay allows for any modification of the volumes, however this time I decided to try things on a maquette so I could have a reference as a basis.
The goal is not to get a good finishing, it is more an exploration into volumes, and the perfect moment to try different solutions.
