LINDA OUHBI

AVAilable pieces

about

Lives and works in Burgundy and Paris, France

Linda Ouhbi creates pieces in stoneware using hand-building and coil technique. This ancestral process necessitates a slow construction and permits the development of a relationship with each piece. Throughout the quest for a fragile balance during the construction of each piece, there begins a dialogue that influences the shapes that emerge. Each piece therefore holds the traces of a unique emotional quality, an intimate premise that comes from within.

Moved by the rare subtlety of prehistoric works and inspired by the creations of the first people, Linda Ouhbi creates pieces that question the ideas of function and utility, but above all, the notion of time and progress.
The earthy, used aspect of these ceramics results from research centering on glazes undertaken in the ceramicist’s workshop using raw natural materials.

More than a trade or the quest for an aesthetic, Linda Ouhbi approaches her field as a lifestyle—the pursuit of an essential, primordial state—a quest for simplicity.