The surface is precisely a field of exploration for Clément Petibon, who cannot conceive of his ceramic practice without a confrontation between materials and textures.

Confrontations, because hay ash and Saint-Amand stoneware, covered with engobes and partially with glaze, do not engage in gentle superimpositions or juxtapositions, but rather in a sort of power struggle, with layers of ingredients reacting with one another to create a delight of contrasting, colorful, and textured surfaces. […]

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