The workshop is situated 3 rue de Plaisance in the 14th arrondissement of Paris (Metro line 13, station Pernety).
It is open to the public on mondays, thursdays, fridays and saturdays.
Monday 8 December 2008
Frogs
For this large teapot I chose the colourful tree frog. Three frogs wander on exotic plants and stand out on the contrasted background.
Tiles
I designed this little tile panorama to decorate the wall around the workshop sink. Wisteria, narcissus and orchids embellish the washbassin.
Painted on earthenware.
I started by drawing on the tiles...
... and then painted them.
The finished work :
Pizzi, the cat, appreciates good porcelain painting too !
Wednesday 30 July 2008
Exams
Since September 2006 I have been taking Marie-Jeanne Ravissot's porcelain painting course in order to prepare for the "porcelain decorator" and "porcelain painting teacher" exams which her school offers.
I passed the "porcelain decorator" exam in December 2007 and had the same success in June 2008 for the "porcelain painting teacher" exam.
All my thanks to Marie-Jeanne Ravissot.
Porcelain decorator exam :
Porcelain painting teacher exam :
Portrait
This portrait was inspired by a cup from the Sèvres museum of ceramics representing the Countess of Montmorency.
Round plaque, 13 cm. The cut-out border is painted with burnish gold and embellished with a white ribbon.
Tulips
Spring is gone but I still have tulips...
Three white tulips with soft purple and pink highlighs on a satin background. Blac green border embellished with gold.
Plaque height 20.5 cm, width 14 cm.
Modern coffee set
We all doodle and sketch but a customer had the idea of making me paint her abstract drawings on her coffee set.
19th century cup
A customer once brought me a broken cup painted by one of her great aunts in the 19th century. She asked me if I could make a copy to replace it. Unfortunately, as I told her, the blank china in this model can't be found nowadays, unlike many other models which can easily be replaced. She smiled at me and took out another cup, identical but blank. Thanks to her ancestor's foresight I was able to replace my customer's broken cup.
Wednesday 11 June 2008
Classes
Classes take place at the workshop with a maximum of 5 students.
Students bring their painting supplies and porcelain.
Porcelains painted during classes are fired for free.
A great choice of models and books are at the students’ disposal during classes.
Classes can be held in English or French.
Class hours
Mondays : 1.30 pm to 4.30 pm
Saturdays : 2 pm to 5pm
Prices
A package of 4 classes to be taken within 4 weeks : 120€ (30€ per class)
Pay as you go classes : 33€
To reserve a class or for more information :
Phone : +33 1 47 66 35 23
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Sunday 1 June 2008
Vanity
The theme of this piece isn't very uplifting, but it is a good illustration of the art of its time. This plaque is a copy on porcelain of an anonymous 18th century painting.
The theme of vanity reminds us of the uselessness of various pleasures (here music, gambling, literature, fine dinning...) when faced with death, which is represented by the skull.
This piece had to be fired many times and I worked on it for over 20 hours to replicate the detail of the painting onto the plaque.
Medicis bowl
I purchased this Chastagner bowl on impulse, but it was difficult to find the perfect design to paint on it.
I thought about it long and hard, and did research on appropriate designs, in order to find these patterns inspired from antique pieces.
Only then could the real work start - a thin layer of red, then another, before even starting on the gold work: rims, leaves, but most of all the accurate positioning of the 288 branches of the lattice-work... Hours of work summed up in a few words.
Then, to finish it off, hour after hour of work to polish the gold.
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