Customised worlds
- Charlotte is self-taught
- She defines her work as visual anthropology
- Her creations are colourful and detailed
Graphic designer turned artist, Charlotte Bourrus is fascinated by maps and the notion of territory. In her studio, she carries out a meticulous work of documentation, then cuts and glues elements representing her interpretation of a city or a country which she then encloses under a glass bell. It is an imaginary world that comes to life, with essential cultural references: characters, architecture, symbols. It all started around 2012, when returning from a trip, Charlotte had the idea of creating a 3D world map using cut-out paper elements. Today, Charlotte's workshop offers two types of services: the sale of globes representing very specific places, and a personalisation service to create bespoke globes on bespoke themes.
Interview
- What do you like most about your craft?
- Collecting an eclectic database everyday that I store and classify meticulously by continent, country or city.
- Why did you choose this medium?
- This medium allows me to express my thoughts on geography freely and get out of its austere façade. I can invent hybrid spaces and shed a new light on well-known streets, cities and countries.
- How do you express tradition and innovation in your work?
- I work with paper, which is disappearing more and more from our daily lives. But I create a unique object that reads like the traditional snow globe, with many more stories inside, like a narrative greenhouse.
- Do you train apprentices?
- Yes. I like teamwork in the implementation and iconographic research phases. It is always interesting to share points of view. But I must confess that I like working alone for the actual creation of the pieces.
Charlotte Bourrus is a master artisan: she began her career in 2006 and she started teaching in 2012
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