Ceramics: Plunge into the heart of Alpine landscapes, lovingly explored by the artist throughout the year, or travel through Japanese-style decors that give the illusion of tattoos coming to life and emerging from their form.
Paintings: Some paintings to discover individually or to let shine in the whole that they could form.
Opening :
Saturday 3pm - 6pm
Ceramics :
Mountain landscapes: Honouring our majestic Swiss mountains, a source of inspiration dear to the artist, who is passionate about outdoor sports.
The works on show here are made by throwing and assembling, while others are shaped on slabs. All feature mountain reliefs cut and shaped by stamping bark on Zumaïa clay. At the top of the pieces, the clay is finely polished with agate, giving a smooth surface in striking contrast to the base. The bottom of the pieces, on the other hand, is roughened with chamotte, evoking the rawest aspects of the rock. The subtle interplay of glazes in the second firing imitates the nuances of snow and the hues of mountain rock.
Japanese landscapes: A celebration of Japanese culture, highlighting its floral and natural motifs on large vases. Each piece, made from recycled stoneware, has been treated to evoke the delicate appearance of human skin. The Japanese motifs, finely engraved into the material and inlaid with glossy black enamel, unfold like tattoos on the skin. The painted decoration transcends the simple motif to become an integral part of the vase's structure. A third, physical dimension emerges from the vase: the Japanese floral and natural motifs come to life, extending beyond the vase's traditional envelope and boundaries.
Painting :
‘What is an isolated image? Can it be part of a whole? Of a whole? Of something bigger than itself?’
A series of paintings done in oil and in the same format to keep the whole balanced.
A small sample of pieces of nature as they appear in my imagination or my gaze, a world of wonder and fragility, the magnificent rubbing shoulders with the fear of disappearance and destruction. The normal half-turning into the strange and unreal.
Each canvas bears witness to a world full of unspoken words, words that jostle in my mind and are a small piece of a vast inner life bigger than the canvas and its limits, a small window with the promise of being able to look towards something new and that we can interpret with our own dictionary, each in our own personal language.
Artist biographies :
Camille Rapin: Professional ceramist, teaching in her own studio since 2007
Natascha Segers : Painter and visual arts teacher
Dates and timetable
From 1 to 7 Aug 2025
Friday13:00 - 18:00
Saturday11:00 - 18:00
Sunday11:00 - 18:00
Monday11:00 - 18:00
Tuesday11:00 - 18:00
Wednesday11:00 - 18:00
Thursday11:00 - 15:00
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