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VIOLAINE BOISIVON #SCULPTURE

BRETONNE ROCHER / CLOWN TRISTE / DIABLE TRISTE / QUASIMODO / DIABLE ÉCONDUIT/ ROCKEUR / MÉLANCOLIE / ...

"... My sculptures have accompanied my life. They help me prepare its important phases, sometimes in anticipating through their creation; or, being some of my mirrors in a waking dream.
I let my hands operate without any attempt to direct them. Only then I regard  I am often intrigued by the result. Sometimes I am pleased with my sculptures, other times not. At times, I have to wait a few years to " discover " them and understand their meaning.
The use of colour is also an unplanned venture for me. I mix enamel and patina to obtain the effects from matter ranging from shine to matt. By successive touches and layers, I intuitively construct the colours on the forms, allowing surprises and discoveries to take place.
Finally, once they are completed, I look at my sculptures in order to fully immerse myself in them. They are a chapter lived or soon to be lived... "