{"id":4809,"date":"2020-09-29T12:01:01","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T10:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chahan.com\/?page_id=4809"},"modified":"2023-04-23T12:48:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T10:48:40","slug":"antoinette-faragallah","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chahan.com\/en\/antoinette-faragallah\/","title":{"rendered":"Antoinette Faragallah"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]In the line of American artists that Chahan continues to discover and represent, Antoinette Faragallah is a new Californian ceramist with whom Chahan collaborates.<\/p>\n

She has shown her work in an exhibition in 2010 at his gallery located at 11 rue de Lille in Paris.<\/p>\n

This artist takes her inspiration from the sea world, and she particularly likes to work with clays that have a texture. She uses glazes and oxides that have both natural and metallic appearances.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0I\u2019m most comfortable when my hands are busy.\u00a0 Somehow when I\u2019m working with clay, my subconscious takes over and creative dots get connected. That takes me to another place, almost like being in childhood.\u00a0 What inspires me while working with clay is hearing my quiet self.\u00a0 For me, it is a true form of meditation.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0I began studying privately at a local ceramic studio in 2004, adding hand-built items to thrown and altered pieces.\u00a0 When finishing a sculpture, I prefer to see the clay through the glaze.<\/em><\/p>\n

I think that things you come in contact with that move you or that you enjoy just come out naturally and freely in clay.\u00a0 I\u2019m a native Californian and some of my inspirations come from ocean life and the many visual snapshots of my time as a scuba diver.\u00a0\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0Four years ago, when Californian environmental ceramist stan bitters said to me, \u201cI\u2019m\u00a0 happiest when I\u2019m with clay\u201d, is when something changed in me.\u00a0 It was as if something was put into motion.\u00a0 I admire the works of Hans Coper and Lucie Rie and I am inspired by the metal works of Harry Bertoia.\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”5272″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]