IN HER BROOKLYN STUDIO, FRENCH ARTIST PASCALE VAQUETTE, BRIDGES THE PAST AND THE PRESENT WITH HER MASTERFUL CERAMIC PIECES. USING THE COILING TECHNIQUE, SHE HAND BUILDS EACH VESSEL WITH A KEEN EYE FOR RUSTIC ELEGANCE.

CRAFTED FROM RUSSET COLORED STONEWARE INLAID WITH REAL GOLD, PASCALE’S VASE IS LEFT UNGLAZED, ALLOWING THE RAW, NATURAL BODY OF THE CLAY TO BREATHE. THIS EXPLORATION OF IMPERFECTION—WHETHER IN THE SMOOTHNESS OF THE SURFACE OR THE INTENTIONAL ROUGHNESS—SPEAKS TO THE SPONTANEITY AND UNPREDICTABILITY INHERENT IN BOTH NATURE AND ART. HER WORK BLURS THE LINES BETWEEN THE ANCIENT AND THE MODERN, CAPTURING A QUIET, SPONTANEOUS BEAUTY.

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