Jean francois fouilhoux biography sample

Since my installation in Mont-près-Chambord in 1976, I study celadon, seeking unobtainable information in books.

Ten years later, in 1986, a weighing error leads me towards this mesmerizing, mythical, satin and translucent material, to which I still devote all my mind and all my time.

Although today I regained the technical principles that govern the formation of the famous "fat reflection”, I multiply tirelessly testing, always looking for a new perfection in the quality of a satin tone or in the shade of a tone.

Celadon provides a sensation of sweetness, a sense of infinite depth.

In contrast, this serenity allows me to exalt tension, some drama in the complex, vivid and sometimes twisted sculptures.

The outside parts are carved from a block of very soft clay. Forms barely organized but dynamic, abundant and nervous, drawn in a quick gesture, then take birth, retaining at their sur