The initial idea of the project consists in combining elements of blown glass with stones. The plastic artist Raphaël de Villers creates in collaboration with the glassblowers Jean-Charles Miot and Laetitia Andrighetto glass sculptures by taking advantage of the ornamental and decorative qualities of this material as well as its chromatic qualities allowing to produce pieces with incredible colors. From images, they sculpt figures and shapes, which rest on stone plinths, some of which suggest a bust.

Raphaël de Villers
Raphaël de Villers is a graduate of the Institut d’études politiques (IEP), Paris and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, painting section

Jean-Charles Miot
Jean-Charles Miot, glassblower, was born in Le Mans in 1988. After training at Cerfav in Vannes-le-Chatel, where he met Laetitia Andrighetto; the couple participated in their first joint exhibition at the Strasbourg Glass Biennale. In 2012, they set up their own studio in Mont-de-Marsan before joining the Fondation d’entreprise Martell in 2017. Jean-Charles set up the glass blowing studio there, where he collaborates and supports artists in residence programs.

Laetitia Andrighetto
Laetitia Andrighetto, glassblower, was born in Mont-de-Marsan in 1984. After training in visual arts;jewelleru and then at Cerfav in Vannes-le-Chatel, where she met Jean-Charles Miot; the couple participated in their first joint exhibition at the Strasbourg Glass Biennale. In 2012, they set up their own studio in Mont-de-Marsan before joining the Fondation d’entreprise Martell in 2017. They set up the glass blowing studio there, where they collaborate and support artists in residency programs.