Claire Poujoula

Cannes, FRANCE

“It's not because things are difficult that we don't try; it's because we don't try that they're difficult.” – Seneca

She was born in Toulouse, where she grew up in a family of women's shoe designers... It was in her grandfather's factory that she developed her senses... In contact with the workers who transformed a noble and living material, leather, which once passed through their skillful hands became a shoe, a piece of elegance. At the age of 10, her first pottery workshop was a revelation: she discovered the pleasure of creating with her hands, and experienced a fascinating material with infinite possibilities.

Then, driven by the desire to imagine places where people feel at home, she went to Paris to become an interior designer. With a degree in space design, she felt the need to get back in touch with clay, creation, modeling and plastic exploration. She missed creating with her hands.

So, back in Toulouse, she decided to take up pottery again. For three years she trained with various ceramists, exploring different techniques, clay, glazes and engobes. At the same time, she started her own business, choosing to stamp and cast porcelain and stoneware.

Today, she has turned her creative hand to combining glazes and earthenware.