WENDY ANDREU :

Wendy Andreu’s pieces revolve around the artisanal scale of materials and the numerous ways of shaping them.. She questions the ways in which we design waste materials. She mostly works with industrial materials. Here she presents a series of vases made during her residency at the Cirva (International Glass and Visual Arts Research Centre) in Marseille, where she has been researching glass moulding and casting for the past year and a half. Wendy Andreu is a craft designer who aims to communicate through the material she uses. By experimenting with them, she finds surprising outcomes that can be translated into functional design proposals

AMÉLIE CAUSSADE :

Amélie Caussade is a French visual artist and sculptor who has been based in Paris for the last fifteen years. She presents a series of colorful sculptures created in collaboration with Pick-Up Art. Committed to an ecological and conscious approach, she explores natural materials and traditional techniques. She highlights the use of recyclable gypsum, which she works with an environmentally friendly form, thanks to gentle chemistry free of toxic substances; She has developed and refined a completely natural process for dyeing this material, resulting in unique and original colours.

SUZIE LAPIERRE D’ARGY

Suzie Lapierre d’Argy known as Forma crafts crafts each piece by hand, leaving the tender imprint of her touch in every shape. Her creations embody both the strength and simplicity of prehistoric artifacts, appearing simultaneously fragile and sturdy. In this exhibition she has worked on scale, colour and texture pushing her practice even further. She has created in collaboration with Pick-Up Art giant bowls and sculptural organic vases working with marbled earth and enamamled shinny eathenware.

CAMILLE ROMAGNANI :

Camille has developped in collaboration with Pick-Up Art a series of sculptural objects whose shape derive from her on going of study of seeds. Her practice is deeply rooted in the study of natural elements through her work with materials and colours. Camille Romagnani is a Franco-Chinese artist born in 1992, she graduated in product design from the ENCI des Ateliers in textile design in 2018 and from the ENSEMA Olivier de Serre in product design in 2013. She has since developed her personal universe by working at the intersection of art and craftsmanship.

MARIE-VICTOIRE WINCKLER

Marie-Victoire presents a collection of illuminated totems.After studying Fine Arts in France and in Milan, Marie-Victoire Winckler began her career in Italy as a consultant for Cassina, a prestigious furniture designer. In 2008, she joined Patricia Urquiola’s studio in Milan, before moving to Paris in 2011 to join India Mahdavi’s studio,two major figures in contemporary design. With them, she worked on private homes, hotels, and restaurants such as the Mandarin Oriental in Barcelona, the Cloître in Arles, and the Sketch in London. Over the years, her creative language evolved, and she began imagining objects rooted in traditional techniques and craftsmanship. In 2016, she opened her own design studio in Paris to create objects that combine contemporary design with traditional craft techniques.