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Lætitia Jacquetton

Lætitia Jacquetton‘s creations are oriented towards a Japanese aesthetic, whose crafts, gardens, and architecture influence her. It was in Okinawa that she first experimented with glassblowing. Inspired by the Mingei movement and the writing of Yanagi Sōetsu, she began working with glass using canes, a complex technique that requires years of practice.

She continued her glassblowing training in Murano, and now works in workshops in France and Italy. Her love of nature has led her to use “wild” rocks collected from riverbeds and mountainsides, being particularly careful to never disturb the natural environment from which they come.

Lætitia Jacquetton’s quest for a balance between glass and stone is a constant theme in her work, as she combines two materials with opposing properties in her sculptures. Rock, hard and porous, is softened by the transparency and fragility of glass, embracing mineral faces with fluidity and sensuality.

Her series “Anthropocene” invites a new element into his sculptures: kiln bricks. Present in every glass workshop with traditional kilns, these bricks are regularly replaced but are now tending to disappear. Acting as an intermediary between stone and glass, this material illustrates the relationship between nature and culture, and bears witness to the human gesture on the elements that surround it.

This year, she has further enriched her work by collaborating with a New Zealand conceptual artist, Chauncey Flay. His work focuses on faceting the stone he collects in his native Taranaki region. The union of their work is based on the idea of contrast between rough and cut stone, creating as yet unexplored textures and reflections. Jacquetton continues her explorations with Murano glass lamps, using the same process as for her vases. She plays with the transparency of the material to illuminate her pieces and uses a brass and LED assembly. They are called “Cotisso” in reference to the pieces of glass recovered from the crucible bottoms in Murano, which give their sculptural appearance to the objects made with them.

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