Local Ceramist

Quebec ceramist Makiko Nakamura Hicher works her cups to give them this irregular and ageing effect.

True to her style, Makiko skilfully plays with colours and materials and once again offers us a harmonious cup that strikes a balance between delicacy and exuberance.

This latest creation by ceramist Julie Lavoie is a delicate bare clay cup, rich in the wood firing from which it is made.

Using a wood-fired kiln, Julie Lavoie, ceramist, creates exquisite porcelain, both rich and rustic with its flames and the delicate imprint of cinders. The result: a rich "living white" effect, both precious and pure in its own way.

As she prepares her ceramic's third firing, the artist lays out laser decals that will add her object's undeniable signature: the jellyfish. Why this creature? "There is no specific reason ... I find this marine specimen fascinating, it's seducing simply by its beauty."

The passing of time, longing, travel and a feeling of airiness: these are the thoughts that the artist wishes to evoke with this gentle collection, which is resolutely conducive to reverie.

As a challenge, the Quebec artist wanted to use vivid orange for this collection, a colour with a bold character which is rarely used in ceramics. Juxtaposed with this modern graphic, a rebellious cup is born with a singular design that captures the imagination.

On this everyday porcelain cup, a work of art is added that is a hymn to the almost invisible and little known beauty of the marine depths.

On this everyday porcelain cup, a work of art is added that is a hymn to the almost invisible and little known beauty of the marine depths.

A cup by Julie Lavoie that is especially comforting thanks to its large size and its rich, warm green colour, which in places reveals signs of a wood-fired kiln.

Neither a chawan nor a teacup, this piece by Jane Baronet embodies this median format, whose purpose seems unclear at first, but which quickly proves to be essential, both in the kitchen and in the tea room!

It seems that a tea lover is at the origin of this Quebec cup for which we find nothing to dislike; the size, the grip, the glazed interior for more versatility, yet the raw and skillfully decorated exterior... everything is flawless!

This round cup is the creation of Quebec ceramist Ariane Boudreault-Lambert and is named after the drawing technique that characterises its design: Mishima

Behind these delicate and textured pieces, we discover a new ceramist with a firmly established style.