Fruits - Porcelain Strawberry Foot By Didier Gardillou

Didier Gardillou's famous fruits are more real than life. This strawberry plant and its foliage are entirely made of porcelain, shaped, decorated and assembled by hand. The whole is supported by small metal rods placed in an earthenware pot. Dimension(s): Total height 22 cm - Height. Pot 9.5 cm - Diam. Pot 8 cm Artist: Didier GARDILLOU Period: Contemporary They are ideal for decorating your tables, fireplaces, windowsills... and perfect for making gifts around you or for yourself... DIDIER GARDILLOU, Ceramic artist for over 30 years. Master of trompe-l'oeil and porcelain flowers, he is the only one in Europe to achieve a more realism than life in his creations. His career: Didier Gardillou, an aptitude in the plastic arts, a visit to the Adrien Dubouché Museum will definitively orient him towards the arts applied to the earth. 1972-1977 Training at the ENAD in Limoges directed by Jean-Jacques Prolongeau. He became his student and collaborator in the workshop and participated in the 1% architectural projects and in the manufacture of shaped pieces (stoneware, earthenware, porcelain painting, etc.). 1979 Winner of the Chambre Syndicale des Céramistes et Ateliers d'Art de France. 1st prize at the Salon des Ateliers d'Art for his entire body of work presented (biscuit porcelain sculptures and porcelain enameled in low-fire colors). 1981: exhibition at the MAD Paris for "Contemporary French Ceramics, sources and trends". Porcelain and trompe-l'oeil decorations. 1983: Gold medal at the Foire de Paris. 1st prize in the creativity competition, Salon des Artisans d'Art (sculpture in nine elements). Exhibition in Tokyo in partnership with the Printemps store, Ateliers d'art de France, Air France and the Paris Chamber of Commerce. 1982: Purchases by the Presidency of the Republic for Denmark and Spain (terrine choux, shaped pieces). In the early 90s, master Prolongeau joined the student in his workshop to collaborate on porcelain decorations (vases and bowls). Permanent exhibitions in Gstaad. Works in private collections in France, Switzerland, USA, Japan, United Kingdom, Belgium, Spain, Italy… and public collections at the Sèvres and London Museums. Passionate about nature, flowers and ancient and contemporary ceramics, he draws inspiration from illusionist ceramics and makes us dream through his trompe l'oeil creations, not to mention his magnificent flowers and floral arrangements PAYMENT and TRANSPORT Transport is done in SECURE PACKAGES PAYMENTS ACCEPTED via PAYPAL / LYDIA / CB in VAD (distance selling) or by CHECK PACKAGES WILL BE POSTED WITHIN 3 DAYS. GROUPED SHIPPING POSSIBLE IN CASE OF PURCHASE OF MULTIPLE OBJECTS.