{"id":1351,"date":"2022-06-07T22:47:41","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T20:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wordpress\/portrait\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T16:33:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T15:33:52","slug":"portrait","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/portrait\/","title":{"rendered":"The artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1351\" class=\"elementor elementor-1351 elementor-42\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4126fcd0 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"4126fcd0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/portrait\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">The artist<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1439\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/variations\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Variations<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1377\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/contact\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Contact<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf23262 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf23262\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-start=\"226\" data-end=\"273\">Artistic career<\/h2><div><p style=\"color: #fcfbfb; font-family: Rokkitt, sans-serif;\">I discovered<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> clay sculpture<\/span> some twenty years ago, and the unique method of creation &#8220;sur le vide&#8221; developed by Monique Sidelsky, sculptor and founder of the workshop Le Cru et Le Cuit.<\/p><p style=\"color: #fcfbfb; font-family: Rokkitt, sans-serif;\">When I&#8217;m shaping clay, the thing I like most is watching new ideas being formed by my hands and seeing original ideas emerging. Now, it\u2019s become a game. What was my initial intention and what became of it? I began to explore the figures of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">femininity<\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">maternity<\/span> and<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">momentum<\/span>, which are still my three favorite themes today.  <\/p><p style=\"color: #fcfbfb; font-family: Rokkitt, sans-serif;\">Over the years, I\u2019ve learnt to avoid having overly precise ideas that can distract from what\u2019s truly inside in favour of letting the unexpected emerge. I love the silent and patient moments of trial and error. The long moments where time seems to come to a stop, and it\u2019s just me and the clay.<\/p><p style=\"color: #fcfbfb; font-family: Rokkitt, sans-serif;\">For me, embarking upon the act of sculpture is to dare to take the path of creation, intuition and exploration. It\u2019s also about accepting the constraints of the material itself, its fragilities \u2013 and the fire. I then like to bring the pieces I create to life in a variety of ways, in <span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">bronze<\/span>,<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\"> resin<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">new materials<\/span>.<\/p><p style=\"color: #fcfbfb; font-family: Rokkitt, sans-serif;\">I regularly run <span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">sculpture workshops<\/span> to help people discover and share this creative process.<\/p><p style=\"color: #fcfbfb; font-family: Rokkitt, sans-serif;\">For me, sculpting means daring to take the path of creation, intuition and exploration. It also means integrating the constraints of the material,its fragility, the fire.Working with her over the years, passing on our passion to both children and adults has become essential to me. Beyond my own experience, I have observed how much this process has to offer \u2013 its richness and depth \u2013 and to what extent it could nourish and satisfy people. I am delighted to share my passion with you now as I take the leap to showcasing the fruits of several years of work.<\/p><\/div><p data-start=\"274\" data-end=\"854\"> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8618dda elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"8618dda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/contact\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Contact the artist<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6ce857 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c6ce857\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-start=\"226\" data-end=\"273\">Inspiration<\/h2><p>I discovered clay sculpture 25 years ago, along with the unique method of creation &#8220;on the void&#8221; developed by Monique Sidelsky, sculptress and founder of the workshop Le Cru et Le Cuit. Working with this material and the infinite field of expression it offers quickly became my passion. I began to explore the concepts of femininity, maternity and momentum, which are still my three favourite themes.<\/p><p>In 2009, an inspiring encounter with Ateliers St\u00e9phane G\u00e9rard led me to discover the world of new materials created for each piece through specific research.<\/p><p>Clay sculptures became translucent, metallic, colourful, slate, stone and opaline. Today,<\/p><p>clay remains my working material. . I like to bring the pieces I make to life Infinite and exciting possibilities! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/sculpting-in-clay-approach\/\">I explain my creative process in more detail on this page<\/a>.  <\/p><p>ways, using bronze, resin<\/p><p>and <\/p><p>new <\/p><p>materials. In addition, I run regular sculpture workshops to help people discover and share this creative process. I also use work with clay in a business context through workshops and training course to help managers innovate and develop their creativity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5761e12 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5761e12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/variations\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Catherine's 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elementor-element-46e9f08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"46e9f08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Artistic influences  <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-054d0cb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"054d0cb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f3331ba\" data-id=\"f3331ba\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-393c2ea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"393c2ea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f1789aa\" data-id=\"f1789aa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f9d5506 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f9d5506\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d4f88bb\" data-id=\"d4f88bb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93fac77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93fac77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It seems to me that my sculptural work is inspired by a variety of influences.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sculptures inspired by the <strong>primitive arts<\/strong>, simple forms, a desire to express the essential, a dynamic, a movement, with as much simplicity and harmony as possible.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subjects of decades of work: women, their emancipation, the conquest of their freedom, power, the feminine, maternity, momentum.  <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I feel a real passion for pure lines, shapes, a call for simplicity.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pure, rounded forms, with soft, curved lines, which don&#8217;t prevent them from having strength and power, on the contrary, a deep-seated search and desire to celebrate harmony, in reaction to approaches with abrupt, aggressive expression, and more generally to the brutality of the world that our Western world constantly shows, showing so little of its beauty, its splendor, its magic, and what goes on there that&#8217;s beautiful. A harmony that goes hand in hand with the aesthetics of form. The harmony of the human being with himself, of a mother with her child, with the world, with nature.  <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-123460a\" data-id=\"123460a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bff90fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"bff90fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-714823e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"714823e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/3-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1319\" alt=\"Sculpture d&#039;une femme puissante et forte, argile blanche\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/3-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/3-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/3-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/3-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/3.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-62b8036 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"62b8036\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d22e378\" data-id=\"d22e378\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf329c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bf329c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/L1110241-2-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1299\" alt=\"sculptures de graines s&#039;ouvrant : hommage \u00e0 la nature, \u00e0 la vie\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/L1110241-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/L1110241-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/L1110241-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/L1110241-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/L1110241-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-055256d\" data-id=\"055256d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4581d9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4581d9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A resonance with biomorphism, with forms reminiscent of the organic world. In biomorphism, and this is what speaks to me, <g id=\"gid_0\">forms inspired by the living<\/g> and nature, plant, animal, human, and claiming the need for thought, imagination, abstraction, to bring out the dynamic. For example, does a landscape painting show this link to living things?  <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;m seduced by the idea of using abstract sculpture, inspired by reality but at the same time detached from it, to show a link to the living world that I can see, but that a figurative representation wouldn&#8217;t be able to show. The women I&#8217;ve represented almost all have a message to give on the subject of the feminine and its expression! <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-928af16 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"928af16\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8943668\" data-id=\"8943668\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8621faf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8621faf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57bf0ea\" data-id=\"57bf0ea\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-25dfe9e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"25dfe9e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b470a9\" data-id=\"3b470a9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60b7a2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60b7a2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A great admiration for Jean Arp, Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth, who were also interested in the pleasure of materials, and a quest for harmony in the post-war period. Why should this quest for harmony be confined to this period? I want to express softness and power through slender, round shapes that I don&#8217;t choose, that emerge from my hands because they speak to me.  <br><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lifelong admiration for Niki de Saint-Phalle, and her rounded, colorful women, and the link between her art, her history and her personal evolution, from anger to freedom, femininity, her relationship with joy and color, her creativity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-683e886\" data-id=\"683e886\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1fe0db elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d1fe0db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Saint_phalle_hannover1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2441\" alt=\"Sculpture de Nicky de saint phalle\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Saint_phalle_hannover1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Saint_phalle_hannover1-256x300.jpeg 256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catherine Chavigny, contemporary sculptor Artistic career I discovered clay sculpture some twenty years ago, and the unique method of creation &#8220;sur le vide&#8221; developed by Monique Sidelsky, sculptor and founder of the workshop Le Cru et Le Cuit. When I&#8217;m shaping clay, the thing I like most is watching new ideas being formed by my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_canvas","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1351","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1351"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2626,"href":"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1351\/revisions\/2626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}