Nathalie Pierlot

"Nathalie, the eldest daughter of our potter parents, is the pride of our house, whose flame she tends better than anyone. Drawing on a technique she has practised since childhood, she in turn masters all the virtues of earth and fire. The lineage is present, and the revelation of simplicity and essential forms is evident. Yet what moves me beyond this filiation is recognising what belongs to her alone, and what she translates so admirably: by courageously confronting these tutelary figures, she proposes a personal language that does not betray them but accompanies them, indeed renewing them at the heart of stoneware. Materials reminiscent of tobacco, chestnut, stony shadows or the bright tones of spring flowers—everything evokes our native Puisaye, with its clay-rich woods and flowing landscapes. These echoes now resonate in oblong forms like reeds or beeches, surging forward without faltering, firm and vulnerable all at once. The sensitivity that emerges seems to rise from the raw earth itself, sealed by the imprint of a ring. The land of Puisaye appears like a new Orient in the rounded belly of a pot clothed in motifs. Nathalie cries out softly, secretly, both her belonging and her singularity. A bird in the night, certainly – but with wide-open eyes." Martin Pierlot. Ratilly, July 2010