Decor and Form:
porcelain goes green

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The idea is to retell stories through existing forms:

- by moulding pieces with porcelain of different colours (black or green)

- by cutting out forms from existing moulds (plates, teapots, bowls etc.)

- by cutting out existing decorations, from kitsch to modern ones, and adding them together in order to create hybrid objects which express their own design.

These three elements will allow to create “poems” by each artist.

Re-write a sentence with words found at Boisbuchet.

For the fourth consecutive time, we offer a porcelain workshop in cooperation with ENSA). Due to the high success of this workshop over the previous years, we are happy to offer two porcelain sessions for the 2008 Programme. Still in partnership with the National Higher School of Arts (ENSA) of Limoges, the participants will benefit from classes at Boisbuchet, a field trip on porcelain in the region and from using the kilns and the workshop at ENSA.

Sam Baron (F)

Sam Baron was born in France in 1976. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Saint Etienne, and later at the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. His artistic activities include art direction, work as a freelance designer, and curating exhibitions for international venues in Paris, Tokyo and at the Design Biennial in Saint Etienne.

In 2003, he received the “Kawai Award” by Casa Brutus Magazine in Japan. His objects are part of the Cooper Hewitt Museum collection in New York and of the MUDAM in Luxembourg.

Since six years, Sam Baron has been working with brands, including Baccarat, de Beers, Louis Vuitton, Ligne Roset, l’Oréal, Sephora, Artcodif, Ardi, Vista Alegre… Furthermore, Sam Baron is today responsible for the design department at Fabrica.

Fabrica: Established in 1994, Fabrica is a research institution that encourages the creative development of selected young professionals from all over the world. Funded by Benetton and housed in a striking building designed by world-renowned architect Tadao Ando outside of Treviso in Northern Italy, Fabrica’s activities ranges from graphic design to cinema, with industrial design, writing, interactive media, photography and music in between. The works produced at Fabrica are experimental projects which cross over between the art world and commercial sector blurring the boundary between art and communications.

Jean-Charles Prolongeau from ENSA Limoges

Jean-Charles Prolongeau was born in 1949 in France. He is an artist (sculptor) and has held several exhibitions in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Korea. He is often invited to run workshops or to act as a consultant in matters of ceramics, porcelain and glass. Jean-Charles Prolongeau is also instructor in ceramics at ENSA (National Higher School of Arts) in Limoges.

ENSA Limoges (Higher School of Arts of Limoges) is a public institution of higher education depending on the Minister of Culture and Communication in France. The school provide structured education programmes in the subjects of art and design. The methods of arts of fire and of textile are included under these subjects.