Chloe Le Pichon Ceramics

Stone Bowls

2009-01-29T20:18:00.003-05:00

Slowly Back to Work!

2008-05-15T09:26:00.004-05:00

Our son, Noah Howard Zhilin Posner was born January 11th 2008 and I have been busy learning the "art" of becoming a mother! He is now 4 months old and I am slowly easing my way into work in the studio again. Stay tuned for new work in the upcoming months.

Delray Beach Film Festival Awards 2008

2008-05-15T09:06:00.003-05:00

Delray Beach Film Festival Awards 2008 May 6-11th

I created the awards for this year's film festival.
Here are some of the finished products. A metal plaque was inserted in the middle of these with the award description.

Abington Arts Center Juried Show 07

2007-12-03T22:31:00.000-05:00

Two of my pieces have been selected for the

Abington Arts Center
Annual Juried Show 2007

December 8th 2007 to January 25th 2008

Abington Art Center
515 Meetinghouse Rd
Jenkintown PA 19046
www.abingtonartcenter.org
215-887-4882

Holey Series #2

2007-11-13T16:26:00.000-05:00

Holiday Sale 2007

2007-10-26T15:13:00.000-05:00

It's that time of year!

New Work
Functional as well as decorative pieces

Saturday November 17th

261 Harrogate Rd
Wynnewood PA 19096
this event will be held indoors
10am - 5pm

Come and find a holiday gift for those you love!
HOLIDAY SALE 2007

Art Star Craft Bazaar! SALE SRING 2007

2007-04-20T22:37:00.000-05:00

My work and I will be in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia at the
Art Star Craft Bazaar and Sale
http://www.artstarphilly.com

Saturday June 2nd 11AM to 7PM
Sunday June 3rd 11Am to 5PM

The show is scheduled to take place along the
Liberties Walk
(1030-1040 N. 2nd St) & Germantown Avenue (between 2nd St & Hancock St)

Rain or Shine

Come and take a stroll and see what Philadelphia artists have to offer!

NEW! My Online Store

2007-03-08T09:59:00.000-05:00

I have a new store online where you can purchase some of my work. Please visit www.chloelepichon.etsy.com.

You can brownse items, purchase them using paypal or by sending me a check. You can also visit all of my collegues' shops on www.Etsy.com, an internet site dedicated to handmade objects and crafts. There are some wonderful things for sale! Please click on any of the images below to direct you to my etsy page!

Spring 07 Fine Crafts Sale

2007-03-03T12:04:00.000-05:00

Main Line Arts Spring Fine Crafts Sale
My work will be for sale at the 2007 crafts sale.

TUESDAY MAY 1 - SUNDAY MAY 6
Tues preview - 6-8pm
Wed and Thurs - 10am-7pm
Friday - 10am-9pm
Sat - 10am -5pm
Sun - 11am-3pm

Main Line Arts Center
Old Buck Rd and Lancaster Ave
Haverford PA 19041
6105250272

2007 Delray Beach Film Festival Awards

2007-02-05T16:56:00.000-05:00

The Delray Beach Film Festival is March 13th to 18th 2007.

I have created the awards for this year's ceremony.
Visit http://www.dbff.us/ for more information about the festival.

Artist Statement

2007-02-05T13:04:00.000-05:00

There is something very satisfying and yet quite strange about being a maker of handmade objects in today’s world. It is easy for technology to produce exquisite cups, bowls and plates at a rate ten thousand fold faster than I can. But, as I put in countless hours of work for slim earnings, there is nothing that will replace the intimacy I experience with each object. From a slosh of mud, my hands manipulate every molecule of clay turning it into volume and shape; texture, colour, strength and utility. And hopefully beauty. I know every piece’s flaws and weak spot. And I also come to see its strengths. This dialogue enlivens my days alone in the studio, keeping me company. The pieces offer criticism and opinions – they will argue with me, enabling me to perceive things I hadn’t before. Making objects “from scratch” is empowering. I know that unfulfilled with a particular piece, I constantly have the power to improve and the tools to eventually create anything that I desire. This desire to create forms unmade, to produce objects that will live and witness a person’s life, a family’s meals, or a living room’s history is the reason why I make objects. It is a privilege and a freedom in an age where so much is given to us in a mold.

Of French and Chinese heritage and born in London, my work often sits on the edge of the wabisabi aesthetic of Japan and the canon of proportions of the west. That dialogue is constant in my life and work – always swaying between two, belonging to neither. This distaste for being pinned down into one category means that I am naturally drawn to abstraction which is open ended and subject to each individual’s lense.

Artist Biography

2007-02-05T11:48:00.000-05:00

Chloe Le Pichon makes both functional and sculptural ceramic work. Of French and Chinese heritage and born in London she draws from diverse cultural traditions. Often referring to organic form and retaining an earthly quality, her work remains delicate. Graduating from Swarthmore College, Phi Beta Kappa, she studied under Syd Carpenter who is a talented sculptor and a very active member of the Philadelphia art community. Every piece in Chloe's Solo Senior Thesis Exhibit was sold and many commissions resulted from the first viewing of her work. She was singled out by William Daley, the world renowned ceramicist, who visited her show and was impressed with her skills and potential. She worked with ceramicist Doug Herren and Syd Carpenter, assisting in the Art department at Swarthmore College the year following graduation. She then went to work for the non-profit called the “Clay Studio” in Philadelphia, volunteering in their gallery. She became the studio technician for their outreach program called “The Claymobile”. She currently teaches clay work with The Claymobile progam in many of the inner city schools of Philadelphia and New Jersey, but also in disabled adult centers, senior centers and shelters.
She is now an emerging artist in the Philadelphia art scene. She exhibited work at the Sandy Webster Gallery in Rittenhouse Square this summer. Chloe won the Main Line Art Center’s Franklin and Shirley Poul Award for Art Pottery at the 69th Annual Member’s Exhibition. She recently began working out of her own space and her work is presently for sale at Earthworks contemporary crafts gallery in Narberth, PA and Grove Aurora in Aurora NY.

Rice Bowls and Sushi Plates - Chinese New Year

2007-01-28T14:42:00.000-05:00

Holey Series

2007-01-28T14:27:00.000-05:00

Member's Exhibition at the Main Line Arts Center

2006-12-10T16:30:00.001-05:00

I have a piece in the 69th Annual Member's Exhibition at the Main Line Arts Center, Ardmore, PA. It won the Franklin and Shirley Poul Award for Art Pottery. Juror Rochelle Toner, Artist, Professor and Dean Emeritus Tyler School of Art.
The show runs from December 10th 2006 to January 8th 2007.

Come and See the Show!

Bottles and Vases 2006

2006-08-25T15:09:00.000-05:00

Functional Work 2006

2006-08-25T14:34:00.000-05:00

Pottery Sale! September 2006

2006-08-16T12:43:00.000-05:00

POTTERY SALE!

Saturday September 30, 2006
Rain Date: Sunday October 1, 2006
9:30 AM - 6:00 PM

261 Harrogate Rd
Wynnewood PA 19096

Both functional and scuptural ceramics for sale.
Great, unique, handmade gifts!

Wedding favors

2006-08-16T12:25:00.000-05:00

I made 200 small porcelain vases for a wedding. The guests took these home as wedding favors. The bride and groom's initials were on the bottom as well as the date.
Here is shown the making of them and the finished product.

Sculpture 2006

2006-08-13T11:50:00.000-05:00

Exhibition

2006-07-16T09:18:00.000-05:00

Chloe's work is currently on exhibit in a group show called "Dialogue" at the Sande Webster Gallery in Philadelphia. The Gallery is located on 20th and Walnut Street. The show runs from July 5th to August 23rd 2006. Please click on the link for more information.

Work from 2005

2006-07-14T21:43:00.000-05:00