1. Where were you born and where are you from ?

Born and raised in France currently living in Brussels, Belgium.

2. What is your first memory connected to the art world ?

Probably a representation of the Caravage « Saint Jerome writing » hanging on a friend house wall.
As a kid I was really impressed by the subject, the ambiance, the silence that emanates from the scene.

3. Have you always worked in the art/design field ?

Yes, most of the time. As a teenager I attended an Applied Arts school then I was interested in Art History and finally graduating and working in the field of the Antiques Art Market.

4. What led you to the design creation ?

My experience in the field of Decorative Arts brought me the culture that I once lacked.
It is also what made me discover the different techniques artists have used for centuries.
This is how I noticed my attraction to metal objects and furnitures. I didn’t know what I was venturing into (!)

5. How would you describe your creative process and it influences ?

Frequently it comes from things I am passionate about like natural sciences, Art History, myths, unexplored or fantasized universes so when these universes crossed each other this is the moment I want to create.
It never takes me a very long time to find a subject and starting to make but the realization always takes more time.

6. Could you describe a typical day of your work ?

Working and creating is always fun.
None of these days pass by without music it’s an essential ingredient so first thing first that’s how it’s begin. I’m not an early bird but I like to work directly after waking up.
Day times are often devoted to the metal work and when the night comes it’s essentially sculpting wax, 3D modeling or drawing plans.

7. Why did you choose the specific materials you work with ?

I like to create objects with clean, raw lines but at the same time highlighting a certain vulnerability, a preciousness.
I like that contrast, that’s what inspires me most of the time. Stone is hard but can be clear like water, metal can be clean shiny and sharp as well as rusty and bubbly.
The important thing is to set a play in between these materials, to create a reaction, a dynamic, a story.

8. What are the technical particularities of your creations ?

Doing objects that looks like jewelry that would have grown underground.

9. What advices could you give to beginning artists who would like to create sculptural design works ?

Don’t expect others to make choices for you.

10. If your works had to belong to a design movement, in which one would you define it ?

Bio-Archaïsm

11. What designers have influenced you ?

Josef Hoffmann and most of the Wiener Werkstatte members, Marc Duplantier, H.R Giger, Alberto Giacometti

12. What contemporary designers do you appreciate ?

Too much to make a selection

13. What contemporary artists (in any kind of art) have you been inspired by ?

Steve Reich, Zaytoven, Nigo

14. If you had to summarize your creations in one word or sentence, what would it be ?

RADICAL

15. Is there anything you would like to add ?

Have a nice day 🙂

Proust Questionnaire with very short answers (one or a few words) :
(The Proust Questionnaire is a set of questions answered by the French writer Marcel Proust. Other historical figures who have answered confession albums are Oscar Wilde, Karl Marx, Arthur Conan Doyle, Stéphane Mallarmé, Paul Cézanne…)