CERAMIST

Rémi PIGEYRE

Rémi Pigeyre creates stoneware pieces, thrown or pinched, decorative or for use with tea or sake, inspired by the Japanese pottery tradition.

This tradition, which values rusticity, irregularities and asymmetries, imperfections and “accidents” in shaping or firing, is part of the Wabi-Sabi aesthetic and spirit.

One must follow the contours of his pieces with the eye and the hand to discover a whole harmony of textures (alternating gloss, matte, transparency, opacity, cloudiness…), a subtle nuance of hues and a variety of asperities (granularities, braids, cracks), to detect here a grain of molten material, there a crack or a flash of bare earth that make each piece unique.

To achieve this, he introduces or preserves impurities, raw sands and minerals in his materials, creating surface imperfections and irregularities. The throwing is “deconstructed” to reveal asymmetries, offsets, and hand or tool marks. The covers are “poured” to take advantage of drips and disparities in thickness and layering.

The aim of these processes and gestures is to encourage, on the basis of a chosen and controlled aesthetic, a part of the natural and free expression of the material revealed by firing.