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Véronique Borentain
10 place de la Révolution
83690 Salernes
Tel. : 06 64 19 46 73
http://vernvagh.online.fr

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at the Côté Sud trade fair in Aix en Provence , garden stakes embellished with suns or flowers. Certain objects recall Klimt, others Guimard, Dali or Miro. The powerful colors and original designs seduce. Of course, each piece is hand made, modeled and fired on the premises. Long and involved work, as, from the modeling, drying, the first firing and second following the glazing, no less than three weeks go by. Never short of ideas, Véronique reveals her latest design: colored tiles. Why not a bathroom with a pattern made up of 1920s style female silhouettes against a Liberty patterned background? Or an original mirror frame, made with a pattern created digitally and printed on terra cotta squares? Véronique Borentain opens new horizons for interior design lovers.

creativity and her talent. Her workshop gives on to the charming little Place de la Révolution, at the heart of the village. Véronique moved in to the ground floor of the family home. A huge sample of her work is on display on shelves: ceramic crockery, small decorative objects and lamps, vases, boxes… On the walls, beautiful mirrors framed with flowers, balls or scrolls. And there, the piece that has been such a hit for the last two years

Scrolls, spirals, balls, bright colors or silver chromes, Véronique Borentain’s work catches the eye. Some pieces recall Art Nouveau’s golden days, others are resolutely contemporary. The creativity of this artist, based in Salernes for the last few years, has joined with a secular tradition of working with terra cotta. More prosaically, by joining her partner in Salernes, a ceramist as well, Véronique found the perfect setting for her

By Jean-Dominique Dalloz - August 23, 2011

We meet with inspired creative Véronique Borentain in her workshop in Salernes, the Provencal ceramics capital: an encounter with an artist with golden fingers.

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