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Manon Perrier & Alexandre Guilmart

  • Atelier Buffevent
  • Metal sculptor
  • Saint Laurent La Vallée, France
  • Rising Star
Manon Perrier & Alexandre Guilmart Metal sculptor
Contact
French
Hours:
By appointment only
Phone:
+33 553281435
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In steel symbiosis

  • • Alex and Manon are self-taught steel artists
  • • Manon has been sculpting and selling her works since she was 18
  • • Together they make larger-than-life steel animals

After experimenting with various mediums like bronze, clay and concrete, Manon Perrier discovered the potential of steel, and she did not look back. Inspired by her father who had a workshop, by some artist friends in a collective, including sculptor José Maria David who acted as Manon’s patron, she focused on recreating the human form at first. As for Alex Guilmart, he began sculpting when he met Manon and fell in love with the craft. The duo has developed an intuitive technique to make monumental sculptures of horses, roosters, and other animals that are infused with movement. For Manon and Alex sculpting is like magic and steel is a material with infinite possibilities. Constantly evolving and innovating is their driving force.

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Works

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Photo: ©Alex & Manon
Esquive

This is the sculpture of a horse rearing on a circular openwork base. It is made of varnished white steel and welded with a bow.

Photo: ©Alex & Manon
Ombre

This is a barn owl sculpture made of steel patinated with copper sulphate. It rests on a metal arch of 175 cm in diameter.

Photo: ©Alex & Manon
Darwin

This is the bust of a chimpanzee, partly patinated with hematite.

Photo: ©Alex & Manon
La forme de l'eau

This is a humpback whale swimming through a steel hoop. It is welded to the hoop at the fins giving the impression that it is floating. The sculpture is patinated with copper sulphate and welded to the arc.

Photo: ©Alex & Manon
Force tranquille

This gorilla head sculpture is mounted on a steel hoop partially cut and tilted. It has been chemically rusted in parts.

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