Shells of light
- Sylvain gives a modern twist to the litophany technique
- He explores porcelain through light designs
- His workshop's name is inspired by its location on a riverbank in Normandy
Sylvain Fezzoli has embraced the art and craft of porcelain making to create lighting fixtures. He draws on the material's unique translucent properties to create contemporary pieces for interiors. From hanging chandeliers to table lamps, wall lights to candle holders, Sylvain likes to explore light in all its forms. He is strongly inspired by nature – the flora, the seabed. As a result, his creations are naturally reminiscent of flowers, shells or corals. He moulds the clay using wooden tools and works with the stamping porcelain method above all. With their soft and organic shapes, Sylvain's objects reflect a timeless style.
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INTERVIEW
For a long time, I was looking for the most suitable material to express my creativity. Clay came as an obvious choice because of its malleability and high standards. The choice of porcelain was guided by the desire to create lamps, as it is the only clay that is translucent once fired.
I opened my studio in July 2009, and began with a classic production of utilitarian stoneware (bowls, cups, etc.), as well as teaching pottery in schools. In 2017, I decided to shift my approach and work solely with porcelain, creating lighting and decorative objects.
I use the characteristics of porcelain to get the best out of it: its translucency, plasticity, and deformation during firing. I experiment with these in order to create organic lighting.
A moment that will remain engraved in my memory is the installation of my first large chandelier in the three-storey high atrium of a house, in the centre of Paris. It was a chandelier hung under a glass roof with a metal structure from the Atelier Eiffel at the time.
