Nicole Crestou

In what is her 5th workshop, N. Crestou mainly makes sculptures modelled from slabs of clay or thrown on the wheel and then distorted. The stoneware or porcelain is fired in wood, gas or electric kilns. The current creations are figurative sculptures, sometimes presented as part of installations, animal sculptures or sculptures inspired by flora. Some pieces are covered with coloured glazes; most of them are intended for use in the garden. With no attempt at finding any resemblance, the animals are part of a free expression close to the art of the unique. N. Crestou has followed several training courses with J. Stedman, Y. Mohy, Mme Lerat, H. Klug and L. Delisle at Paris I University.