Jacques Monneraud
Artist
Jacques Monneraud is a ceramicist and designer based in the southwest of France. Before devoting himself to ceramics, he pursued a career as a creative director in advertising in Paris, during which he received numerous international distinctions, including a Gold Lion at Cannes. In 2021, he left that world to reconnect with a manual, instinctive practice. Coming from a family of artists and craftspeople; a mother who is a painter and sculptor, a carpenter grandfather, and a painter great-grandfather; this return to working with materials felt only natural. At the potter’s wheel, Jacques Monneraud rediscovers gesture, slow time, and pure creation.
A quick glimpse of Jacques Monneraud’s vessels give the impression of lighthearted craft time, with cardboard tubes and layered cutouts affixed with pieces of clear tape. Perhaps they’re maquettes for larger pieces or simply playful experiments with an inexpensive material. But look closer, and you’ll discover there’s a lot more to these vessels than they first let on. Namely, they’re actually ceramic.
Monneraud’s ongoing CARTON series explores the relationship between material and perception. He blends three types of clay, then uses a potter’s wheel to throw the core shapes. When the form has dried to a leather-hard consistency, he trims where needed and refines the contours and edges, creating minute details that give the illusion of cut paper.
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