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My journey, told my way.
The sculptor who calls her style “happy pop”.
Early years in Lorraine
Art’ reu reu…
Apparently, when I was very little, my family would already say: “Look at how she plays with her fingers! She’ll be an artist!” There’s even a photo to prove it…
Champigneulles — The queen of beers!
That’s my home town in Lorraine, where you can eat the best mirabelle plums in the world!
And that’s my childhood home, in the middle of a road junction, as my father used to say…
The Nancy School of Fine Arts
That’s where I spent a few years learning everything you weren’t supposed to do…
And that’s the new school, opened in 2013! I have no regrets…
Find out more about ENSA.
Gérard Thon, one of my former teachers
The only teacher who supported me! This is my chance to pay tribute to him…
Discover his work: view Gérard Thon’s artworks on Artmajeur.
Meeting a photography student
In Paris, I met Xavier, who still shares my life and my passion today…
My first job: telling stories to children
I didn’t like school, and the first thing I did was write children’s stories for the publisher Fleurus Presse. I did it for my daughter: I didn’t want her to struggle at school the way I had…
I wanted to draw… My “Clotilde” years
I didn’t just want to write; I wanted to draw too. So I decided to invent a character… Those were my “Clotilde” years!
I then worked for Éditions Pédagogiques du Grand Cerf. My drawings were published as sets of slides for schools: Clotilde and Julien Get Dressed, A Year with Clotilde, The Greedy Cows, Clotilde on the Farm, Clotilde’s Circus, Making Things Pretty…
A studio in Sainte-Eulalie-d’Olt
A new beginning: setting up a studio in the heart of Sainte-Eulalie-d’Olt, in Aveyron, one of the villages designated among France’s most beautiful.
The aim: to make a living from sculpture…
