ALEXANDRA RIDEL CERAMIC

Variation of handleless porcelain cups with natural-colored glazes, by Alexandra Ridel

Les objets du quotidien

Au tour ou au colombin, je travaille d’abord la forme, son équilibre, sa présence. Puis vient le travail de la surface, par les émaux, la couleur et le geste : peindre, gratter, faire des réserves, superposer.

Dans mon nuancier, je cherche à m’approcher des tonalités et des qualités de la nature — celles de l’eau, du ciel, de la terre. Je suis particulièrement sensible au bleu translucide de la glace, aux nuances changeantes de l’eau, reflétant tour à tour les couleurs des fonds qu’elle traverse ou celles du ciel, chargé ou non de nuages, ainsi qu’aux ocres déposés par le temps. Autant de surfaces fragiles, en perpétuel changement.

Mon attention à la matière rejoint une préoccupation plus profonde : notre vulnérabilité et la nécessité de préserver les formes du vivant dont nous dépendons.

Dans ces objets, cette préoccupation reste discrète. Elle passe par la couleur, la matière et la surface, et s’invite, grâce à leur fonction, dans notre quotidien aseptisé : un rappel de cette nature merveilleuse, transposé dans les objets du quotidien.


Everyday Objects

On the wheel or using the coil-building technique, I begin with the form: its balance, its presence. Then comes the work on the surface, through glaze, colour and gesture: painting, scratching, masking, layering.

In my colour palette, I seek to approach the tones and qualities of nature — those of water, sky and earth. I am particularly drawn to the translucent blue of ice, the shifting hues of water, which mirror the colours of the riverbed beneath or those of the sky above, whether cloud-laden or clear, as well as the ochres left behind by time. Each of these forms a fragile surface, in perpetual transformation.

This attention to materiality connects to a deeper concern: our vulnerability and the need to preserve the forms of life on which we depend.

In these objects, this concern remains subtle. It emerges through colour, material and surface, and enters our everyday lives through their function: a reminder of this extraordinary natural world, translated into everyday objects.

Collection of stoneware vessels with graphic decoration, by Alexandra Ridel
Jellyfish motif on a stoneware vessel, by Alexandra Ridel
Motif of a jellyfish on a stoneware vessel, by Alexandra Ridel
Detail of a jellyfish motif on a stoneware vessel, by Alexandra Ridel
Detail of a jellyfish motif and brushstrokes on a stoneware vessel, by Alexandra Ridel
Detail of a jellyfish floating motif on a stoneware vessel, by Alexandra Ridel
Detail of a graphic motif on a stoneware vessel, by Alexandra Ridel
Detail of a graphic motif on a stoneware vessel, by Alexandra Ridel

Jellyfish Receptacles, stoneware high firing


Bottom detail of a large sculptural stoneware vessel depicting sharks swimming against a deep blue background with marine elements, including sea urchins, by Alexandra Ridel
Large sculptural stoneware vessel depicting sharks swimming against a deep blue background, by Alexandra Ridel
Close-up of a large sculptural stoneware vessel depicting sharks swimming against a deep blue background, by Alexandra Ridel

The Sharks’ dance for life, stoneware high firing


White porcelain bowl with a green crawling glaze effect, by Alexandra Ridel
Close-up of white porcelain bowl with a green crawling glaze effect, by Alexandra Ridel
Foot and signature detail of a white porcelain bowl with green crawling glaze effect, by Alexandra Ridel

Crawl, white porcelaine and crawling glaze, high firing


Handleless porcelain cups with graphic decoration and repeating blue leaf motifs, by Alexandra Ridel
Handleless porcelain cup with repeating blue leaf motifs, by Alexandra Ridel

Ash, white porcelaine and bone ash glaze, high firing


Porcelain cup with grey-green satin  glaze, by Alexandra Ridel
Collection of porcelain cups with satin colored glaze by Alexandra Ridel
Porcelain cup with white satin glaze, by Alexandra Ridel

Velvet, porcelain and soft satin glaze, high firing


White porcelain cup with carved exterior decoration and light blue glaze, by Alexandra Ridel
Collection of white porcelain cups with carved exterior decoration and light blue glaze, by Alexandra Ridel

Traces, porcelaine and light blue glaze, high firing


Decorative vase with cobalt blue botanical decoration, holding a bouquet of daisies, by Alexandra Ridel
Detail of a cobalt blue botanical decoration on stoneware, by Alexandra Ridel

Leafs, porcelaine and ash bone glaze, high firing


Large collection of colored porcelain cups with satin and microcrystalline glazes, by Alexandra Ridel
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