CLAUDE GAGET FRENCH ARTIST WOOD FIRED CERAMIC TREE LA BORNE FRANCE
Claude Gaget ceramic wood fired tree sculpture created in La Borne, France. Elegant various shades of light to dark brown colors which are influenced by the position of the sculpture in the kiln and the effects of the wood fire. Signed at the base. Original perfect condition
Claude Gaget arrived in La Borne 13 March, 1973. He was working at Pierre Mestre’s house and set up his first workshop in Boisbelle. From 1974 onwards, he has shared his life with Claudine Monchaussé. Claude tackles several themes: chairs, trees, decorative panels depicting scenes from life, café atmospheres featuring the pleasure of stopping off, of freezing lost time. He has a passion for ancient stoneware and he continues to perpetuate a pottery linked to anthropomorphism, roof ridge finials, large terrine dishes etc. And his trees! They become something mineral after being fired with wood, and they rustle with nostalgia. We can imagine fables, even wolves in this imagined, wooded “Vale of no Return”.
19” w x 20” h x2.5” d
$3200