Pair of Olivia Cognet table lamps

Pair of ceramic table lamps by the talented French contemporary artist Olivia Cognet.

These slender tubular lamps feature a mirrored design of soft geometric shapes, brass hardware and are topped with a custom lampshade.

Stamped on the back.

Dimensions with shade: ø35 H87cm

Since moving to Los Angeles in 2016, French artist and designer Olivia Cognet has focused on ceramics, the fertile medium through which she expresses her boundless creativity. Thanks to the freedom this material affords her to explore all types of shapes and sizes, she creates monumental bas-reliefs and giant totems, as well as chairs, tables, lamps and vases. These unique pieces, handmade by the artist in her Studio, all share the same high aesthetic, abstract and graphic standards. Her inspiration comes from the lights and shadows of the California landscape, its modernist architecture and intense nature. Bringing a modern twist to the great tradition of decorative arts, her works are both functional and powerfully evocative. Olivia Cognet grew up in Nice on the Côte d'Azur, studied at the Villa Arson and was nurtured by the brilliant masters of the Vallauris school, from Picasso to Roger Capron; for her, ceramics are a key element of architecture. She began by exploring ideas on paper, before moving on to stoneware, using a local clay that comes in three natural shades. Her creations highlight the power of contrasts; her minimal, geometric lines intertwine with a sensual, organic vocabulary. The austere aesthetic of raw clay is enhanced by the elegance of crackled glazes, which generate singular effects. Elsewhere, ethereal excrescences defy the laws of gravity. Day after day, guided by her intuition, Olivia Cognet reinvents the poetic experience of creation, shaping the work through the purity of the material. It's the magic of the artisan, combined with the promise of vibrant beauty, to enhance everyday life. Olivia is now back in France, working in the former studio of French ceramics master Roger Capron.

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