They wake up

Lined up like a whisper, these dark spheres slowly open up to the light.
Their smooth surface retains traces of fire, earth and patience.
As you approach them, a crack appears, then an opening, a breath.
They awaken, telling of that imperceptible moment when inside meets outside, when matter opens up to let life through.

This work speaks of a passage, an emergence.
Of the pulsation that precedes all beginnings: that of the living being seeking its path, pushing, rising, noiselessly.

An exploration of the life cycle

Made in patinated terracotta, the sculpture is composed of four spherical shapes, at once full and open.
Their hue varies from deep brown to glowing copper, as if each ball contained its own inner light.
They evoke seeds, shells, cells – closed worlds that open up to transformation.

Their arrangement in a line reflects a progressive movement: from closure to opening, from latency to birth.
They don’t oppose each other, they respond to each other.
Each embodies a stage of passage, a breath of life.

Awakening as an inner gesture

Elles s’éveillent is part of an essential quest: how does inert matter become presence?
In this work, awakening is not a flash, but a slow unfolding.
It takes place in silence, in depth, in the warmth of a fire that transforms without destroying.

This sculpture speaks of the feminine as an underground force – that of germination, of birth, of the energy that prepares life before it appears.
They don’t awaken to light: they become light.