WORSHOP
Created in 2007 by Baptiste Ymonet and Vincent Jousseaume, Atelier Polyhedre is at the frontiers of the visual and decorative arts through an experimental and artisanal approach to ceramics, notions of objects and environments.
Located in Nantes, the workshop is located on the outskirts of the city centre, on the banks of the Loire River.
It is here that Baptiste and Vincent ensure the creation of the models, the production of the molds, the production in small series, the firing as well as all the satellite operations for communication and distribution.
A place dedicated to the invention and manufacture of ceramic pieces Mainly through the use of earthenware slips cast in plaster moulds which allow the precise reproduction of the collections developed.
A rhythm and a four-handed implementation allowing the necessary attention for each object made.
<<Very early on, the use of plaster molds imposed itself in the workshop. First to allow the editing of parts in several copies. An asset for fixing precise angles, flat surfaces and reproducing them easily. Or, on the contrary, to freeze by moulding more wild and ephemeral states, leaving a part of chance in the formation of volumes.
The relationship with a mould is quite intimate in the end. First there is the production of what is called the model which will be used to manufacture the elements which will constitute the final mould. A more or less complex mold depending on the desired shape.
Once the mold is ready, it is necessary to try it several times to understand its nature. Even if it has been thought out for a long time to optimize the mold release, there are always surprises. In fact, you have to observe your reactions to what was imagined at the beginning and then, in a way, adapt to it and obtain the expected result.
After several years, the moulds take an increasingly important place in the workshop! By their accumulation, they fill the shelves, shelving, trays, they jostle each other according to orders and you have to deploy a whole host of stratagems to live and work with.>>
Extrait du catalogue Terracotta Domestica, 2021, édition Musées de Sarreguemines.
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