ARTISTS' RESIDENCIES #2 | Marine Class - Puiforcat

Marine Class at Puiforcat, mentored by Richard Deacon - Artists' Residencies 2011. Marine Class spent months immersed in the day-to-day life of the Puiforcat workshop in Pantin, on the edge of Paris, working alongside expert smiths and under the teachings of Richard Deacon. Following an initial feasibility study, Class's Table reliefs were created with Hermès artisans. Sheets of brass were cut out, adjusted, then soldered and shaped by folding and hammering or pawling. Finally, the piece was silvered. The beautifully-executed work testifies to the technical mastery of the Puiforcat workshops -- a central feature of Marine Class's inspiration for her hybrid sculpture. http://en.fondationdentreprisehermes.org/Know-how-and-creativity/Artists-residencies/Marine-Class-at-Puiforcat