Having put an end to my days as a schoolteacher in 2007, I returned to studies in English
that I started years before, and I was able to complete a master's degree in Irish literature in 2011. While I was planning to begin work on a doctoral dissertation a difficult period of
mourning in 2013 upended my life. As a result, I left my academic ambitions behind and, in September 2014, began taking courses in pottery under the guidance of Maguite Hommais-Gaudin at
Beuvillers, near Lisieux. It was a subtle but persistent dream that I was finally realising. Thanks to the encouragement that I received from my pottery teacher and from my family, I progressed
quickly, notably in the area of wheelthrowing, and soon acquired my own wheel, then a kiln. A chain of events led me to exchange amateur status for that of a professional potter.
Living on a farm, in the Pays d'Auge, I was able, with the assistance of my husband, to arrange
a studio for myself in an outbuilding adjacent to our family home. My work with stoneware is done mainly on the wheel. I like to try various kinds of decorative techniques: use of slips,
sgraffito, wax resist, water-etching and stained terra sigillata.
Since my professional debut in May 2016, I sell my creations at pottery and artisanal markets,
directly from my studio, in my online boutique and in local shops. My ceramics, finished in an electric kiln, have a utilitarian value, because I like the idea that my pieces will find their
place in another home and will serve a daily service, sometimes very far from Normandy.
A thousand thanks to Roger Harris for his kind
translation.