I think painting ceramics by hand is a little bit inefficient. I spend too many hours painting and the numbers don't add up, but here we are 🏺 Hours and hours, with no shortcuts possible, just me with two brushes and too many podcasts. It's slow, sometimes frustrating (it has to be said), but I love the idea that someone has a physical object in their home painted by me, plus it keeps my brain from scrolling for hours!



I think it's always good to step outside your comfort zone. Working on a three-dimensional surface is totally different from drawing flat because you have to try to keep the designs balanced from all angles. As with tattooing, my current quest is to learn how to make designs that are increasingly solid, simpler, but very aesthetic and well-resolved (from my point of view, of course). To this end, working with other media such as painting, graphics, and textiles has helped me a lot.

For what would be my second ceramics collection, I have experimented with different design shapes, all improvised but using my recurring motifs, each piece is completely unique. It is true that for manual work, sometimes the time invested is not reflected much in money; the numbers do not add up when compared to anything mass-produced, but even though it's a very time-consuming process, the finish of the hand-painted piece is truly special! 

But not everything in life can be measured in terms of work productivity. A big part of being an artist, craftsman, creative person, etc. is dedicating an infinite amount of hours to things that may not make us money but are important for learning, practicing, rehearsing, making mistakes, growing, and above all, staying creative, which is difficult enough.

The pieces were thrown by Manuelle, one of my clients here in Lyon, who told me she was learning pottery, so I thought it would be a good idea to collaborate because I was just thinking of making some to take to the Lille convention in January, so it was perfect timing!

They're not ready yet, they still need a second firing, but I wanted to share the process before seeing how they come out of the kiln. Since there are more than I plan to take to the convention, I'm going to put them up for sale in my online store once they're ready to ship in Europe. Unfortunately, it's not possible to ship them to the US for now due to customs issues, but I'm thinking about what else I can do in the meantime for my dear customers in the United States :)

Thanks for taking the time to read this. If you have thoughts or your own creative struggles, I'd genuinely love to hear them, drop a comment or message me.