Muriel Lovo

Weaving clay

• Muriel has developed a technique for weaving porcelain threads
• She runs educational workshops for primary school classes
• In her hands, clay transforms into a lace-like structure

Muriel Lovo became inspired by ceramics while she was in professional retraining: “I came across the brochure of the Vallauris School of Fine Arts. For me, who had never touched clay, I knew that this was what I wanted to do. A few weeks later, I enrolled in the school's professional course and graduated a year later.” Clay became her means of expression. The material allows her to reveal her sensitivity, to question her emotions and to explore the fragility of nature. With the most delicate gestures, she turns clay into a fine lace-like structure, creating collections of decorative objects and lighting. More than reflecting her technical mastery, Muriel’s pieces are the expression of a deep work of research and inner reflection.

Interview

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What made you choose this new career path?

After a career as a librarian, I needed freedom in my professional life. I think I have always had a strong desire to create, to master a know-how and to be in touch with the earth.

How would you define your approach?

I like to think that my work reflects an expertise, a rigorous technique and an instinctive gesture at the service of delicacy, poetry and my attachment to nature.

What inspires you to create?

Porcelain allows me to convey the fragility of nature, my sensitivity and my being. Nature, my emotions and questions about roots, lead me to form lace-like structures that represent the interweaving threads of life.

How does your craft relate to your region?

Antibes is known as a city of craft, and my workshop has received recognition. I seek to promote my regional French craftsmanship locally, nationally and internationally.

Muriel Lovo is an expert artisan: she began her career in 2015

Works

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Where

Experiences

Introduction to porcelain in Antibes

From 1 Day to 4 Days

90 EUR

Personalised porcelain workshop in Antibes

3 Days

270 EUR per person

Porcelain short course in Antibes

2.5 Hours

40 EUR per person