{"id":2624,"date":"2025-10-26T14:31:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T13:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/sculpting-in-clay-approach\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T16:33:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T15:33:52","slug":"sculpting-in-clay-approach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/sculpting-in-clay-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"Sculpting in clay: approach"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2624\" class=\"elementor elementor-2624 elementor-2417\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dac3217 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dac3217\" 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-d539b47\" data-id=\"d539b47\" 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-1a9b6f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a9b6f3\" 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-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-497d3ab\" data-id=\"497d3ab\" 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-38002a3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38002a3c\" 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;\">First and foremost, I was guided by my passion for the material. Getting in touch with clay, working out shapes in line with my feelings and without models, without figurative or thematic research. A desire, like a course, then a search for lines.    <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Often, a detail of one of my sculptures, a curve, a contrast, seduces me and becomes the seed of a new sculpture. I accentuate this curve, this contrast, and new forms are born&#8230; It often takes me months, even years, to bring a sculpture to fruition.&#8221; Jean Arp <\/span><\/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-db9c225 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"db9c225\" 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 fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sculpter-sa-vie-professionnelle-683x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2457\" alt=\"Modeler l&#039;argile et cr\u00e9er une \u0153uvre : 2 mains se pr\u00e9parent \u00e0 fa\u00e7onner\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sculpter-sa-vie-professionnelle-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sculpter-sa-vie-professionnelle-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sculpter-sa-vie-professionnelle-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sculpter-sa-vie-professionnelle.webp 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\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-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-def93c4\" data-id=\"def93c4\" 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-f65a35d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f65a35d\" 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-178279b elementor-widget elementor-widget-wpml-language-switcher\" data-id=\"178279b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wpml-language-switcher.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpml-elementor-ls\">\n<div role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Language Switcher\" class=\"wpml-ls-statics-shortcode_actions wpml-ls wpml-ls-legacy-list-horizontal\">\n\t<ul><li class=\"wpml-ls-slot-shortcode_actions wpml-ls-item wpml-ls-item-fr wpml-ls-first-item wpml-ls-item-legacy-list-horizontal\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/\" hreflang=\"fr\" lang=\"fr\" class=\"wpml-ls-link\" aria-label=\"Switch to French\" title=\"Switch to French\">\n\t\t\t\t\t                                    <img decoding=\"async\"\n            class=\"wpml-ls-flag\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/sitepress-multilingual-cms\/res\/flags\/fr.png\"\n            alt=\"French\"\n            loading=\"lazy\"\n            width=18\n            height=12\n    \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"wpml-ls-slot-shortcode_actions wpml-ls-item wpml-ls-item-en wpml-ls-current-language wpml-ls-last-item wpml-ls-item-legacy-list-horizontal\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/\" hreflang=\"en\" lang=\"en\" class=\"wpml-ls-link\" aria-current=\"page\" aria-label=\"Switch to English\" title=\"Switch to English\">\n\t\t\t\t\t                                    <img decoding=\"async\"\n            class=\"wpml-ls-flag\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/sitepress-multilingual-cms\/res\/flags\/en.png\"\n            alt=\"English\"\n            loading=\"lazy\"\n            width=18\n            height=12\n    \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8982ade elementor-nav-menu__align-center elementor-nav-menu__text-align-center elementor-nav-menu--dropdown-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-nav-menu\" data-id=\"8982ade\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;vertical&quot;,&quot;submenu_icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&lt;i class=\\&quot;fas fa-caret-down\\&quot; aria-hidden=\\&quot;true\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/i&gt;&quot;,&quot;library&quot;:&quot;fa-solid&quot;}}\" data-widget_type=\"nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu--main elementor-nav-menu__container elementor-nav-menu--layout-vertical e--pointer-underline e--animation-fade\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-1-8982ade\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu sm-vertical\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-1375\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1440\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/sculptures\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Sculptures<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1376\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/portrait\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">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\">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\">Contact<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"elementor-nav-menu--dropdown elementor-nav-menu__container\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-2-8982ade\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu sm-vertical\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-1375\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1440\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/sculptures\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Sculptures<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1376\"><a 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\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-8a3813b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8a3813b\" 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-84d5532\" data-id=\"84d5532\" 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-40bcec3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"40bcec3\" 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\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-fcedeeb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fcedeeb\" 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-bca970c\" data-id=\"bca970c\" 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-74ec200 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74ec200\" 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\">At the heart of the creative process<\/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-0bc507b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0bc507b\" 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-4ff7051\" data-id=\"4ff7051\" 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-dfe7533 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dfe7533\" 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;\">I&#8217;m often asked if I have an idea at the outset.  <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s a really interesting question, and one that leads to an answer about the heart of my approach: the one that was passed on to me and that drives me today.  <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I would distinguish between large and small pieces.<\/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-e78c4c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e78c4c8\" 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-52d3121\" data-id=\"52d3121\" 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-bacb2ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bacb2ed\" 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<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Small sculptures...big emotions<\/h3>\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-fd5cd66 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fd5cd66\" 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-1b63046\" data-id=\"1b63046\" 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-d4515c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d4515c6\" 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-fff4206\" data-id=\"fff4206\" 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-8354755 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8354755\" 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;\">In the case of the smaller pieces, especially the ones that touch me the most, something just clicked, very quickly.  <br>I&#8217;ll always remember this tiny piece that emerged from my hands in one session, this pregnant woman who appeared all of a sudden, without any premeditation, and when I didn&#8217;t yet have a child, and I didn&#8217;t even imagine experiencing motherhood one day.  <br>I remember the emotion I felt in front of this shape that sprang from my hands, and who knows, from me? Today, this sculpture is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/la-rayonnante-1\/\">La Rayonnante<\/a>. With its prehistoric figurine look, it conveys an indescribable joy, a state of being, so present that it commands the respect of those who look at it. I&#8217;ve been lucky enough to experience 3 pregnancies in this plenitude, this feeling of total existence. I like to think that my hands had this message for me.    <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then there was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/confidence\/\">Confiance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/quiet-exepectation\/\">Tranquille Attente<\/a>, each of which in its own way expresses how I felt at the end of pregnancy, in that seemingly endless and uncertain moment just before the birth of a child.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;ve also met people who have been moved by La Rayonnante&#8217;s radiant, liberated shape, which has nothing to do with motherhood, being &#8220;round&#8221;, even strong, and radiant.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There were also small pieces that conveyed a different energy: <br>this double-sided piece, which for me, at the time, expressed a woman experiencing openness and liberation, and without my realizing it, the other side expresses great sadness, great tension. This sculpture became <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/voltage\/\">Tension<\/a>. <br>At the time, I thought I&#8217;d freed myself from a lot of limits, and this sculpture reminded me that it was only a stage, that there were still many more to come. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These sculptures started out as pieces &#8220;on the solid&#8221;, which I then hollowed out. Each time, my hands had a message, and the whole point was to leave room for its expression, and to welcome it. <\/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-264d36b\" data-id=\"264d36b\" 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-3db9847 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3db9847\" 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-965544f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"965544f\" 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=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/L1110172-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1250\" alt=\"Sculpture Tension\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/L1110172-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/L1110172-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/L1110172-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/L1110172-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/L1110172-scaled.jpg 1920w\" 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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-24f972e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"24f972e\" 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-acdfbea\" data-id=\"acdfbea\" 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-ce8b43b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ce8b43b\" 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\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-ce235a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ce235a6\" 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-d477d11\" data-id=\"d477d11\" 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-89087b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"89087b2\" 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<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Genesis of the large-format sculptures<\/h3>\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-71f82c5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"71f82c5\" 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-0336335\" data-id=\"0336335\" 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-4cd0a2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4cd0a2f\" 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-42275d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"42275d3\" 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=\"737\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/L1110206_2-737x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1336\" alt=\"Sculpture en terre noire, La Victorieuse montre un corps de femme qui c\u00e9l\u00e8bre sa libert\u00e9\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/L1110206_2-737x1024.jpg 737w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/L1110206_2-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/L1110206_2-768x1067.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/L1110206_2-1106x1536.jpg 1106w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/L1110206_2-1475x2048.jpg 1475w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/L1110206_2-scaled.jpg 1843w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" \/>\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-8e1543f\" data-id=\"8e1543f\" 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-b3445c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b3445c7\" 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;\">For large rooms, it&#8217;s a different story!  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monique Sidelsky talks a lot about this &#8220;empty space&#8221; approach, because it was at the heart of her pedagogy.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For these large-scale pieces, I often didn&#8217;t have a precise project at the outset. Or I did have an intention: I thought &#8220;family&#8221;, &#8220;couple&#8221;, &#8220;blossoming&#8221;, &#8220;round&#8221;.   <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The approach was to start with a dove. Then I decided how I wanted to start: one pillar, two pillars&#8230;<br>and then, once the work was sufficiently advanced, I began to give it shape, lines and movement. <br>It&#8217;s still in its infancy, but it&#8217;s already taking shape. <\/p>\n<p>And then, as the piece &#8220;rises&#8221;, check that the lines that appear suit me. The intention present at the outset is there, as if in a watermark, as if to give the start, but not necessarily with the vocation of staying. I&#8217;m ready to let it go, but it helps me get started!  <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And then there are the pieces for which I had an intention that left a trace but was transformed, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/the-flight\/\">L&#8217;Envol <\/a>: I wanted to represent a family of 5 people, forming a round. I made my 5 characters, but they didn&#8217;t form a round: little by little, one character positioned himself as if wishing to break away, to give momentum, an impetus, by dragging the other characters along, like an irrepressible ascent, a need for freedom and to breathe new life into this ensemble. La ronde became L&#8217;Envol.    <\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or sometimes I&#8217;ve had a project in mind: for example, I&#8217;d like to try out Monique&#8217;s ball or cube approach. I&#8217;m planning to make cubes and see how they can be arranged. I was in a playful mood, ready to explore, with no specific expectations. I made some cubes, which I emptied out, then a dozen, fifteen or so drawings of different arrangements. I finally chose one, always because it resonated with me at the time:<br>Elle devient <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/the-victorious\/\">La Victorieuse<\/a>! Another piece I&#8217;m particularly fond of because it exudes such energy, in my eyes anyway! I had set out to do something a bit quiet, and when I saw this vitality emerge, I still remember the joy I felt. This sculpture represents liberation, a woman throwing off her chains and taking her place!      <\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These approaches involve letting go of the mind, navigating between what my hands have to tell me, and what my brain is telling me. <strong>The<\/strong> challenge is to <strong>let go and let my hands speak for themselves<\/strong>. Which isn&#8217;t easy, because my mind is very active! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We talk about it, but that alone, if I may say so, is years of work! To deprogram yourself and learn to clear your mind. <\/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-b32f669 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b32f669\" 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-ed859f3\" data-id=\"ed859f3\" 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-1909808 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1909808\" 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\">Trial and error<\/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-ca72b27 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ca72b27\" 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-52ef63d\" data-id=\"52ef63d\" 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-2d54df6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d54df6\" 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-1cf758c\" data-id=\"1cf758c\" 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-e5ca33a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e5ca33a\" 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;\">Trial and error is a key word in the process. Accepting not knowing, trying, undoing if necessary.   <br>There have been times when I&#8217;ve cut out part of a piece I&#8217;d spent months working on. If I&#8217;m not satisfied with the line, the movement, there&#8217;s no point in continuing.   <br><br>But sometimes, there&#8217;s a certain comfort in carrying on, even in dissatisfaction, or I tell myself it&#8217;ll get better along the way. Not to do so would be to face the void, the unknown, and we don&#8217;t always have the energy. There&#8217;s a kind of uncompromising approach, a need for radicalism in this necessary resonance.    <br><br>A sculpture that moves us rarely offers a compromise. There&#8217;s a commitment that you can feel, perhaps a kind of radical gesture that reflects the authenticity of the line, an integrity more precisely, that you can perceive. That the beholder will perceive.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes, too, there&#8217;s a beginning to something, and I may have hesitated to stop developing in one direction, because I was afraid of losing everything. &#8220;A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush&#8221;, as the saying goes!   <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s something I&#8217;ve often experienced. Looking back, I know that you have to dare. <g id=\"gid_0\">Dare to undo, dare to explore<\/g> the idea that comes to you, the line that appeals to you, accept the unknown, and take the risk of losing. When a line or an idea emerges, you feel like an explorer who&#8217;s discovered a new continent!  <\/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-add954a\" data-id=\"add954a\" 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-33420ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"33420ef\" 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-6261ddf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6261ddf\" 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=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_9685-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1512\" alt=\"sculpture en argile de  femme ronde aux reflets bleut\u00e9s\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_9685-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_9685-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_9685-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_9685-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_9685-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_9685-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\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-32735e5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"32735e5\" 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-ea0917a\" data-id=\"ea0917a\" 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-f8062ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f8062ae\" 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-479ea13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"479ea13\" 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\">Imbalance<\/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-5ac8cb0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ac8cb0\" 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-5c28cc0\" data-id=\"5c28cc0\" 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-e6261fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e6261fc\" 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-488799e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"488799e\" 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=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_9749-1-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1314\" alt=\"L&#039;envol : sculpture blanche symbolisant une famille\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_9749-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_9749-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_9749-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_9749-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_9749-1-2048x1365.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-10fc777\" data-id=\"10fc777\" 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-f729555 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f729555\" 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;\">Some pieces rise straight up to the sky, whatever their size. I keep coming back to this idea of a &#8220;suspended moment&#8221;, which is the name of a sculpture by the way. Others are in a state of movement that can go as far as unbalance, in the sense that they can&#8217;t stand unsupported in this movement. For these sculptures, I&#8217;m often inspired by the tree trunks I observe in the forest. Nature abounds in movements as astonishing as they are inspiring. A single trunk, two, even several, which then become other forms in clay, a couple, a family, a group, but with movement that is very much present.     <\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The construction of an unbalanced piece is always a challenge. Once unbalanced, the piece is more difficult to work with: by definition, it falls, and cannot be placed quietly in front of you. You have to think up supports that allow you to continue working, while at the same time keeping an eye on the tension that the imbalance may exert on the clay and the movement the piece will have in the target position&#8230; A position that may, incidentally, change as you go along! These supports can be pieces of wood, plastic, fabric&#8230;   <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s a balancing act to which I return regularly, with these pieces that inspire me with momentum and movement.<\/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-b9fc3c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b9fc3c8\" 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-9073b76\" data-id=\"9073b76\" 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-fb5e25a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"fb5e25a\" 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-172344f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"172344f\" 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\">Long-term sculpture, over two or three years<\/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-0f48175 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0f48175\" 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-856372f\" data-id=\"856372f\" 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-205f8b5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"205f8b5\" 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-00edf34\" data-id=\"00edf34\" 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-24a1340 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24a1340\" 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;\">While some sculptures emerged in 1 or 2 hours, others took up to 3 years. If the latter took so long, it&#8217;s also because they were periods when I devoted a few hours a week to them. But what an adventure it is to live with a piece for 2 or 3 years! It was as if it expressed what I had deeply felt during those years. &#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/emergence\/\">\u00c9mergence<\/a> &#8221; was born in this way, at a time of true personal blossoming, of overcoming cumbersome limits. It reminds me of that journey. Coming back to your piece week after week, letting go of any intention to &#8220;produce&#8221; it, doing it over and over again until you feel it&#8217;s just right. Sometimes I cut short a work of several weeks or months because at some point I feel I&#8217;ve lost my way, or that what I&#8217;ve done lacks &#8220;integrity&#8221;, doesn&#8217;t resonate right.       <\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/the-flight\/\">L&#8217;Envol<\/a> coincided with a particularly painful period in my life, culminating in a divorce. My initial project was to depict a family, forming a kind of circle, and as the weeks went by, this character who flies away and pulls the whole thing into a momentum imposed itself on me. Perhaps I&#8217;d have kept the round shape if I&#8217;d completed the sculpture in 3-4 weeks. Something else is bound to happen.     <\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then there was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/la-rencontre-3\/\">Abrazio<\/a>. I remember that for this piece, I started with 2 linked forms, the idea of a couple, a couple dance, without having a defined project. On the other hand, I decided to go back to what I&#8217;d done if I didn&#8217;t feel totally in tune with it. I think it&#8217;s the piece I&#8217;ve undone and redone the most! I never let go of the lines I wanted. If it didn&#8217;t fit, I&#8217;d undo it and start again. That takes a lot of determination. Sometimes, it&#8217;s so much simpler to let go, to give up&#8230; Which I&#8217;ve also experienced \u263a       <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The deep black patina accentuates the lines. Every time I look at it, I see a power of line and movement, and I feel once again the determination I felt throughout its creation. I also feel the strength of what it evokes in me. A result which, in my opinion, could only have been achieved because I created the conditions for this strength to take shape.   <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s a sculpture that always touches me deeply. It evokes a powerful embrace, the love between two beings. I had it made in patinated metal by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stephane-gerard-atelier.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St\u00e9phane G\u00e9rard<\/a>, and we spent an inordinate amount of time on it, but the result is as good as it gets!  <\/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-53aface\" data-id=\"53aface\" 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-8b8e8c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8b8e8c0\" 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-6e2dae3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6e2dae3\" 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-5f1a9cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5f1a9cc\" 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=\"510\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LA-RENCONTRE-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1313\" alt=\"Abrazio : sculpture symbolisant la rencontre amoureuse\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LA-RENCONTRE-1.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LA-RENCONTRE-1-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/>\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-ea929d3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ea929d3\" 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-680571c\" data-id=\"680571c\" 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-2dfa495 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2dfa495\" 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-a1b3edc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a1b3edc\" 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\">Daring to show your work: \nWhen a sculpture arouses the emotions of others<\/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-e94a306 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e94a306\" 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-ef37b8c\" data-id=\"ef37b8c\" 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-6f0c4cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6f0c4cd\" 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-77cf59e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"77cf59e\" 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=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_9779-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1594\" alt=\"Sculpture en argile, de couleur gris bleut\u00e9 : la valse\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_9779-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_9779-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_9779-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_9779-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_9779-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_9779-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\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-48a7c8a\" data-id=\"48a7c8a\" 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-e7c5b1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7c5b1b\" 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;\">My first exhibition was a collective one, after several years of work without showing anything. I had only exhibited one piece:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/the-waltz\/\"> the Waltz<\/a>. A man stood looking at it, very touched. I didn&#8217;t know about it until afterwards, and I was very moved. Was it possible? As anxious as I was to dare show my work, and as improbable as it may seem, I hadn&#8217;t imagined this eventuality!     <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then, on several occasions, I&#8217;ve seen people very moved by a piece, with tears shining in their eyes, and I&#8217;ve been very touched myself. What wonderful encounters through these creations!   <\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The way others look at my sculptures&#8230;<br>Already, I&#8217;ve had to get beyond judgment. Years of personal work!   <br>The idea that one can dislike, criticize&#8230; today, that&#8217;s no longer the issue. It&#8217;s a question of being in the world, and being in the world requires daring to be who I am, and accepting the idea that this won&#8217;t please everyone. It also implies the idea of a &#8220;confrontation&#8221; with the world: how will the world receive these achievements?  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s been a journey that has led me to accept criticism and displeasure, but also to experience encounters in their true, unvarnished form. Extraordinary! <\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anyone can experience something other than what I myself have expressed, but it doesn&#8217;t matter to me today. Whether this encounter takes place through an intention I&#8217;ve put into it and which is perceived, or through what the person sees and perceives, that&#8217;s the life of this sculpture now. I&#8217;ve learned to let go. It becomes an &#8220;inhabited&#8221; object, a creation that conveys a message, a poetry, an energy, a language. I like to think that some of them convey something special, have a soul of their own. It may or may not touch people, as the wind blows and people meet it.     <\/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-480db98 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"480db98\" 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-fcb0c1d\" data-id=\"fcb0c1d\" 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-95153f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95153f5\" 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&#8217;s rare for an industrial object with perfect lines to have this effect on me. Such an &#8220;object&#8221; doesn&#8217;t speak to me, it has a kind of coldness about it. So I like to think that it&#8217;s the work of the person who created it that gives it this life and this ability to touch others, to touch each other.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I hadn&#8217;t thought about this dimension when I started sculpting, or for years after that, because I was too preoccupied with what I was doing. Then, when I discovered this dimension, I also realized that it can&#8217;t be decreed. I can&#8217;t decide what effect a sculpture will have. How pretentious that would be! I can only work with the greatest possible integrity, between what I feel and what I create, letting go of the judgment of others that would take me off this axis, creating the conditions for a creation and an inspiration that has this necessary resonance. And even that&#8217;s no guarantee that the sculpture will strike a chord with others. But it&#8217;s a prerequisite. Then there&#8217;s the magic, however modest, that happens, or doesn&#8217;t happen. I don&#8217;t know exactly what makes this &#8220;magic&#8221; happen or not. Work, intention, deep listening, or what we call &#8220;inspiration&#8221;?            <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That inspiration that flows through you at times, like a connection to a sacred source.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To have experienced the moving gaze of others on some of my sculptures is a gift of life! I&#8217;m immensely grateful. <\/span><\/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-381bdce elementor-blockquote--align-center elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"381bdce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tTo have experienced the moving gaze of others on some of my sculptures \nis a gift of life! \nI'm immensely grateful.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Catherine CHAVIGNY<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-709143a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"709143a\" 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-a104302\" data-id=\"a104302\" 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-2688b51 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2688b51\" 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-30e7d03\" data-id=\"30e7d03\" 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-1df521a elementor-widget elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"1df521a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"elementor-author-box__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CatherineChavigny-coach-professionnelle-a-Paris-300x289.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Catherine Chavigny\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCatherine Chavigny\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Contemporary sculptor, Paris.  <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\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>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First and foremost, I was guided by my passion for the material. Getting in touch with clay, working out shapes in line with my feelings and without models, without figurative or thematic research. A desire, like a course, then a search for lines. &#8220;Often, a detail of one of my sculptures, a curve, a contrast, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2624","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2624","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=2624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2625,"href":"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2624\/revisions\/2625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catherinechavigny-sculpture.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}