{"id":8,"date":"2024-07-26T12:38:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T12:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/art-borescences.com\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2025-12-02T15:10:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:10:30","slug":"a-propos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/art-borescences.com\/en\/a-propos\/","title":{"rendered":"Biologiste et Artiste"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading animated fadeIn slow\">My Journey, My Approach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Life Sciences to Living Earth&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:65%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-353c4f5a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"animated fadeIn slow translation-block\">A biologist by education and an artist at heart, I have always been fascinated by <strong>Trees<\/strong>. Naturally, the world of Trees became central to my work when my hands first delved into clay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left animated fadeIn slow translation-block\">What began as a hobby during my career in healthcare has blossomed into a passion I now choose to fully embrace. As a largely self-taught ceramicist specialising in <strong>artistic ceramics <\/strong>, I create <strong>a world of \u2018Art.borescences\u2019 <\/strong>\u2013 from \u2018tree structures\u2019 in French \u2013 where <strong>Earth Comes to Life<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"animated fadeIn slow translation-block\">A Nature lover moved by its Beauty and Intelligence, I am deeply affected by the suffering we impose on it. My artistic universe, centered around the Tree \u2013 an emblem of Life and resilience \u2013 is meant as <strong>a tribute to Nature and its Living Beauty<\/strong>, inviting us to <strong>protect and cherish it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:35%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized animated fadeIn slow wp-duotone-unset-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/art-borescences.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Me_Hands-in-clay_transp_website_Final-575x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Isabelle Gautherot artiste c\u00e9ramiste sculptrice, modelant la terre (argile, gr\u00e8s) dans son atelier. Isabelle Gautherot, ceramic artist and sculptor, molding clay in her workshop.\" class=\"wp-image-1669\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-borescences.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Me_Hands-in-clay_transp_website_Final-575x1024.jpg 575w, https:\/\/art-borescences.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Me_Hands-in-clay_transp_website_Final-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/art-borescences.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Me_Hands-in-clay_transp_website_Final-7x12.jpg 7w, https:\/\/art-borescences.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Me_Hands-in-clay_transp_website_Final.jpg 674w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading animated fadeIn slow\">Inviting Nature into our homes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:35%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized animated fadeIn slow wp-duotone-unset-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/art-borescences.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Me_Holding_Earth_transparent_website_final-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Isabelle Gautherot, artiste c\u00e9ramiste, tenant une sculpture en c\u00e9ramique inspir\u00e9e par la nature (symbolisant un arbre de vie poussant sur la plan\u00e8te terre). Isabelle Gautherot, ceramic artist, holding a nature-inspired ceramic sculpture (symbolising a tree of life growing on a planet earth).\" class=\"wp-image-1670\" style=\"width:265px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-borescences.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Me_Holding_Earth_transparent_website_final-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/art-borescences.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Me_Holding_Earth_transparent_website_final-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/art-borescences.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Me_Holding_Earth_transparent_website_final-7x12.jpg 7w, https:\/\/art-borescences.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Me_Holding_Earth_transparent_website_final.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:65%\">\n<p class=\"animated fadeIn slow translation-block\">Positioning themselves at the top of the living world, humans have endeavoured to control and exploit it. In doing so, they have gradually become detached from <strong>Nature<\/strong> , which is however so <strong>vital<\/strong> to their existence. Today, as we stand by a wounded Nature, it is our duty to protect it and learn from its intelligence and resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"animated fadeIn slow translation-block\">Through my art, I aim to <strong>reconnect us with the Beauty of Life<\/strong>, and in doing so, with our own original Nature, inviting us to cherish and preserve it. By <strong>bringing Nature into our homes<\/strong>, my artistic vision is an invitation to rediscover the symbiosis with the living world around us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"animated fadeIn slow translation-block\">Delicately sculpted and handcrafted, my <strong>unique pieces<\/strong> tell an <strong>organic story <\/strong> that unfolds in harmonious <strong>collections<\/strong>. Creating a distinctive decor that exudes serenity, they are designed to <strong>transform space<\/strong> into an inspiring sanctuary, a source of Emotion and Wonder, inviting us to Feel Well and to <strong>cultivate our Inner Nature.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading animated fadeIn slow\">Tree Sculptor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:65%\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading animated fadeIn slow\">What do my ceramic artworks look like?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"animated fadeIn slow translation-block\">Each sculpture displays a range of unique <strong>structures<\/strong>, inspired by  <strong>Nature<\/strong>. There are always <strong>tree-like structures<\/strong>: branches, roots, ramifications of all kinds. There are also <strong>textures<\/strong>: bark, mosses, lichens, and other filaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"animated fadeIn slow translation-block\">I patiently <strong>shape all these structures and textures with clay<\/strong>, using no other material than the Earth, gradually letting the organic emerge from within the mineral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading animated fadeIn slow\">How does an \u2018Art.borescence\u2019 take shape?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"animated fadeIn slow translation-block\">I rarely start with a sketch. It's most often a representation that <strong>emerges in my mind<\/strong>, based on impressions and inspirations gleaned during my walks in Nature\u2014and in my imagination. An image is created, and it's when my hands delve into clay that <strong>this image takes shape\u2014comes to Life<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"animated fadeIn slow translation-block\">The process is not linear\u2014clay has its own Nature; respecting it is essential, and I let myself be guided by it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:35%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized animated fadeIn slow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/art-borescences.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/My-hands-holding-branches_transp.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2205\" style=\"width:265px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-borescences.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/My-hands-holding-branches_transp.jpg 675w, https:\/\/art-borescences.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/My-hands-holding-branches_transp-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/art-borescences.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/My-hands-holding-branches_transp-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/art-borescences.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/My-hands-holding-branches_transp-7x12.jpg 7w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"animated fadeIn slow translation-block\">Thus, <strong>unique sculptures<\/strong> are born, shaped like trees or other plants, or reminiscent of marine life such as corals and sea anemones\u2014<strong>Life<\/strong>, in short, <strong>springing from the Earth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mon Parcours, ma D\u00e9marche Etudier le Vivant pour donner Vie \u00e0 la Terre&nbsp; Biologiste de formation et artiste de sensibilit\u00e9, j\u2019ai depuis toujours nourri une fascination particuli\u00e8re pour les Arbres. C\u2019est donc tout naturellement que l\u2019univers des Arbres s\u2019est impos\u00e9 \u00e0 moi lorsque j\u2019ai plong\u00e9 mes mains dans la Terre. D\u2019un loisir, au fil d\u2019une [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-no-title","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/art-borescences.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/art-borescences.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/art-borescences.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art-borescences.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art-borescences.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":99,"href":"https:\/\/art-borescences.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2206,"href":"https:\/\/art-borescences.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/2206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/art-borescences.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}