Cover of Douceur & Douleur: pink and green foliage with the title drawn by hand.

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Douceur & Douleur

A collection of poetry by a woman in a pirogue

My very first collection of poems is coming into the world: a weaving of memory, revolt and love, a gentle mutiny against imposed silences.

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Behind the scenes: the studio, the kiln and the table

A more personal album: creating the work, exhibiting it, and gathering people around the table.

  • At the Ishoken graduation exhibition, beside the Inner Child series

  • Graduation day at Ishoken, certificate in hand

  • Sharing the work with my senpai Tomoya Sakai at the exhibition

  • Presenting the Inner Child pieces

  • At an art-market stall with artist friend Lavia Lin, paintings and drawings on the wall

  • Greenware bowls drying on the studio shelves

  • Freshly glazed pieces lined up in the Tajimi workshop

  • In the Berlin studio: Dappi-chan pieces taking shape

  • Around the table at an Empowered Plate community dinner

  • All smiles in a clay-covered studio apron

  • At the bench, working stained glass

  • Soldering iron in hand, up close

  • Greenware cups drying in the studio

  • A bowl taking shape on the wheel

  • Hand-built clay slabs

  • A raw clay form, in the studio alley

  • Sketches of forms, in preparation

  • Exhibition labels: Proust’s Donut & the Inner Child series