Simon Manoha
Born in 1987 in Ardèche, Simon Manoha develops a form of ceramics rooted in earth, music, and philosophy. His pieces, shaped using the Japanese kurinuki technique, seem to emerge from the ground itself, as if revealed by fire.
After studying improvised music and contemporary philosophy at the Sorbonne, he returned to the raw material: clay. The heir to a potter uncle, he walks, digs, and collects clays, minerals, and ashes in the forests of Ardèche. These elements become the pigments and glazes of his personal language.
Il construit de ses mains un four anagama, qu’il alimente de bois locaux, châtaignier, pin, frêne, acacia, pour des cuissons de quarante-huit heures. Chaque pièce, évidée d’un bloc brut, garde la trace de l’effort, du feu et du hasard.
His work lies between pottery and sculpture, between ancestral gesture and contemporary meditation. For Simon Manoha, firing is not merely a technical act, it is an existential experience, a way of listening to the earth breathe.
Selection of Works 18
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"Lorsque je regarde une œuvre de Simon Manoha, mon esprit s'éloigne du rythme humain."
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