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©Sandrine Ramona ADAGP
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Sandrine Ramona Nerrou

  • Atelier Douarn
  • Ceramicist
  • Brains, France
  • Master Artisan
Sandrine Ramona Nerrou Ceramicist
Contact
French, English, Portuguese, Spanish
Hours:
By appointment only
Phone:
+33 685637273
©Sandrine Ramona ADAGP

Translucent porcelain

  • • Sandrine uses a light technology to backlight her porcelain works
  • • Communication between living beings is her source of inspiration
  • • She likes to mix different craft techniques and materials

Sandrine Ramona is a self-taught ceramicist. She experiments with porcelain in its raw state, working on the fragility of clay. After a few years working as a communication officer, she committed herself to pottery; amazed by the possibilities that the earth could offer. Eager to learn, she engaged in experiences, attended lectures and researched the craft, establishing Douarn, her own workshop near Nantes in 2005. Plating, stamping, modelling, Sandrine likes to bring pottery where you wouldn’t expect it. From the infinitely small, she explores big dimensions. She works with porcelain in two ways: by playing on the cast shadows created by each porcelain piece or by backlighting the details of each porcelain piece, which underlines its translucency.

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Works

  • ©Sandrine Ramona ADAGP
  • ©Sandrine Ramona ADAGP
  • ©Sandrine Ramona ADAGP
  • ©Sandrine Ramona ADAGP
  • ©Sandrine Ramona ADAGP
Photo: ©Sandrine Ramona ADAGP
Porcelain

White lacquered wood board on which are placed hundreds of white porcelain circles all engraved differently. Circles of various diameters are mounted on thin metal wires and inserted at different heights in the wood to create a 3D effect. This arrangement creates a play of shadows that changes according to the daylight.

Height 90 cm
Width 90 cm

Photo: ©Sandrine Ramona ADAGP
Courants

Whiteboard framed with an American wood box in natural wood. Hundreds of circles of various diameters are mounted on thin metal wires and inserted at different heights in the wood to create a 3D effect. The panel features a LED technology emitting a warm and cold tone light. When connected, the porcelain parts are backlit to enhance the engravings of each circle.

Height 42 cm
Width 148 cm

Photo: ©Sandrine Ramona ADAGP
Vegetal

White wood panel adorned with matte white porcelain foliage. Some parts of the work are lightly gilded.

Height 40 cm
Width 40 cm

Photo: ©Sandrine Ramona ADAGP
Cycle

Five pieces of matte white porcelain, with some touches of transparent enamel and gold leaf. They represent, in a schematic way, a flower that develops over time, from youth to old age. They are positioned to symbolize the cycle from ascent to decline.

Height 100 cm
Width 500 cm

Photo: ©Sandrine Ramona ADAGP
La Nature est d’or

White porcelain flower with touches of gold leaf. The heart of the flower is worked while its petals are smooth and serrated on the edges, symbolizing the fragility of the plant. The flower is placed on a trunk of oak from Brittany. This work symbolizes the beauty and fragility but also the strength of nature.

Height 27 cm
Width 15 cm

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