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Ceramics stories
orginal paintings on century old ceramics
I had the chance to spend a few days at a ceramic atelier in Malicorne, a village in the Pays de la Loire. Malicorne has a centuries-old ceramic tradition, dating back to the XVIIIth century. The ceramics here are made with clay collected locally.
I love drawing. I draw every day. I wanted to get my hands on ceramic painting, taming the chalky surface of the glaze with my brushstrokes. I decided to treat the plates as pages from my sketchbook.
The plates offer limitless ways to explore narration with malice and wit. Each of them is a fragment: one is a compacted cosmogony, another tells the story of a Rwandan female chief, and others are callbacks to millenia old Cretan vases.
Ceramics are paintings that will never fade. Like diamonds, an antechamber to eternity, or just a flash in our lives at a luncheon.
“ I love sketching and doodling, as much as I love playing with symbols and stories. Here with ceramics I’ve combined both.”
Hand painted by Guillaume Sardin, in Malicorne, a French town from the region famous for its ceramics. Since the XVIIIth century, artisans have been using the clay from the surroundings to create glazed ceramics. Guillaume turns the plate into stories. Here’s a big Kraken is hunting lost travelers
All the plates are signed on the reverse
Hand painted by Guillaume Sardin, in Malicorne, a French town from the region famous for its ceramics. Since the XVIIIth century, artisans have been using the clay from the surroundings to create glazed ceramics. Guillaume turns the plate into stories. Here, in a marchland, under the star, a woman lights up a torch to find her way.
Due to the nature of the plate, the surface might have some irregularities
Decorative plate
All the plates are signed on the reverse
Hand painted by Guillaume Sardin, in Malicorne, a French town from the region famous for its ceramics. Since the XVIIIth century, artisans have been using the clay from the surroundings to create glazed ceramics. Guillaume turns the plate into stories. Here’s a big Kraken is hunting lost travelers
All the plates are signed on the reverse
Hand painted by Guillaume Sardin, in Malicorne, a French town from the region famous for its ceramics. Since the XVIIIth century, artisans have been using the clay from the surroundings to create glazed ceramics. Guillaume turns the plate into stories. Here, a Greek inspired model with a shapeshifter amulet
Due to the nature of the plate, the surface might have some irregularities
Decorative plate
All the plates are signed on the reverse
Hand painted by Guillaume Sardin, in Malicorne, a French town from the region famous for its ceramics. Since the XVIIIth century, artisans have been using the clay from the surroundings to create glazed ceramics. Guillaume turns the plate into stories. Bes, the egyptian god of party, is one of Guillaume’s favorite god.
Due to the nature of the plate, the surface might have some irregularities
Decorative plate
All the plates are signed on the reverse
Hand painted by Guillaume Sardin, in Malicorne, a French town from the region famous for its ceramics. Since the XVIIIth century, artisans have been using the clay from the surroundings to create glazed ceramics. Guillaume turns the plate into stories.
Due to the nature of the plate, the surface might have some irregularities
Decorative plate
All the plates are signed on the reverse
The First drop is here !
All handpainted and signed by Guillaume
Hand painted by Guillaume Sardin, in Malicorne, a French town from the region famous for its ceramics. Since the XVIIIth century, artisans have been using the clay from the surroundings to create glazed ceramics. Guillaume turns the plate into stories. Here’s Hercules with his infamous Lion skin and club.
Due to the nature of the plate, the surface might have some irregularities
Decorative plate
All the plates are signed on the reverse
Hand painted by Guillaume Sardin, in Malicorne, a French town from the region famous for its ceramics. Since the XVIIIth century, artisans have been using the clay from the surroundings to create glazed ceramics. Guillaume turns the plate into stories. Nyagakecuru is a recuring figure in Guillaume’s work, a powerful Rwandan female chief turned into a witch by coloniser. Guillaume re-explore her power and and her role in Female-driven history.
Due to the nature of the plate, the surface might have some irregularities
Decorative plate
All the plates are signed on the reverse
Hand painted by Guillaume Sardin, in Malicorne, a French town from the region famous for its ceramics. Since the XVIIIth century, artisans have been using the clay from the surroundings to create glazed ceramics. Guillaume turns the plate into stories. Here, a man with a torch, lost in the Cosmogonic marchland
Due to the nature of the plate, the surface might have some irregularities
Decorative plate
All the plates are signed on the reverse