Perfectly imperfect ceramics
Two founders have hired potters from Dharamshala to craft their ceramics
Two founders have hired potters from Dharamshala to craft their ceramics
Astier de Villatte’s unique selling point is their imperfect ceramics and other products. Founders believe in keeping the artwork alive by avoiding technology driven perfection.
Founders Ivan and Benoît started Astier de Villatte to handcraft ceramics, glassware, and candles. They are famous for 18th-and 19th-century inspired pottery. Most of their team-members of 26 people are Tibetan artisans. They make ceramics the traditional way. They get their inspiration from being in the heart of Paris.
Ivan and Benoit shared with Vogue, “If you make something by hand, not only will you never get two pieces that are the same, but you also communicate the human being making it,” Benoît explains. The uniqueness — or imperfection, by industrial standards — “communicates something about life and the life of the object itself.”
Delhi Blue Art Pottery predates Astier de Villatte. It helped pioneer studio pottery in India such as Andretta Pottery. It is the oldest pottery studio in India.