Romuald MAUREL, short BIO:
2001: graduated from Ecole des Beaux Arts (first contact with ceramics)
active professional career in graphic design and art direction
2010: moved to Paris and resumed the work of creating ceramics and learned throwing at various workshops
2020: organised exhibitions of ancient Eastern Asian ceramics, alongside contemporary ceramics with Renaud Montméat (expert in Asian art)
2022/23: first solo exhibitions in Paris
Influenced by the aesthetic heritage of Chinese and Japanese painting and ceramics, and as a ceramics enthusiast and collector himself, Romuald Maurel researches the history of these techniques. He visited the most prestigious collections in China, Japan and Taiwan.
Over the past 10 years he has developed numerous glaze firing experiments using an electric kiln. Romuald selects natural materials for his glazes, such as rocks, ochres, ashes and shells. He uses techniques such as layer-by-layer deglazing, removal, scraping, diffusion and re-firing of enamels (some pieces can be fired 2 to 5 times).
