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Cathy Marre

  • Ceramicist
  • Saint Laurent D'Onay, France
  • Rising Star
Cathy Marre Ceramicist
Contact
French, English, Spanish
Hours:
By appointment only
Phone:
+33 687567054
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Living mineral

  • • Cathy came across ceramics by chance
  • • Through her creations she tries to make the mineral a little more alive
  • • Improvisation plays an important part in her craft

Cathy Marre has been working as an independent ceramicist since 2018 in her workshop, an old mill in the heart of Drôme des Collines. She discovered her passion for clay while accompanying people with disabilities to a pottery workshop. A painter for 15 years, author of children’s books as well as specialised educator, she turned then to dedicate herself to ceramics. “My encounter with clay gave rise in me to the need to create a form of life in the mineral. I want to make pieces that celebrate the splendor and the preciousness of the living world, and to imagine a new world.” Constantly inspired by nature, the elegance of her works also shows her penchant for intricate ornaments, a trait inherited from her Franco-Syrian origins.

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Works

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BLing Bang Carapace OR

This piece is made in two parts with hollow modelling and stamping, then adding elements one by one. Three firings are necessary to achieve the final objects: one at 1050°C, then another at 1280°C and a last one at 755°C. Cathy Marre created this piece in a context where humanity shows an infinite growing industrial exuberance, to the detriment of its biotope. This accessorised creature represents the human kingdom, enthroned on a living world that is still trying to breathe, to reach its last breath.

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Organe

This piece is made by hollow modelling for the shape, and then adding the elements one by one. Firing is done at 1050°C.

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Carapace Oblongue

This piece is part of a Carapaces series, hard and solid coatings, which cover all or part of the body of certain living beings. To Cathy Marre they symbolise robustness and protection, but above all wild immediacy in the face of possible dangers.

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Créature

This piece is part of an Organ series, the idea being to create generous organs reflecting the delicacy and splendour of an imaginary living world.

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Kemet

This piece is part of a Kemet series. Cathy Marre personifies a living mass, a shell, an underlying being, while preserving its intriguing organic aspect.

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