Contra Vessels

French sculptors Benoît Vauthier and Manu Lerendu are inspired by mountains and mountain ranges recreating their ripples peaks and valley...

I aim to consistently innovate the way I engage with my material of choice, drawing references from ancient ceremonial pottery and reimagining them in a

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Korean sculptor Cha Jong-Rye works with wood as if it were clay or paint. She layers and sands hundreds of delicate wood pieces to create pockmarked canvases, threatening beds of thorns, or wall-sized recreations of crumpled cloth napkins. Jong-Rye completed her graduate work at Ewha Women’s University in Seoul in 1996 and has had numerous group exhibits and five solo shows, her latest at the Sungkok Art Museum.

French sculptors Benoît Vauthier and Manu Lerendu are inspired by mountains and mountain ranges recreating their ripples peaks and valleys in reliefs, tables and your dinner plate. Benoît and Manu met at the Institut Québécois d'ébénisterie in Canada, they now share thier studio in Le Petite Raon (Vosges).

I love makers and the beauty they create! I can’t think of a better way to express love this Valentines Day than to share 20 of the things that I am loving looking at right now! The world is a better place because we create. We create beauty that brings people joy. It takes time [...]