Cécile Mastelan

Cécile Mastelan is a french ceramicist from Biarritz, who settled in Lisbon in 2014. She makes unique objects as well as tableware.

The table sets at A Ilegítima are her unique pieces. Back in 2018, Cécile and Anne imagined what could meet elegance, modernity and Cécile style.

For the little story, one of the small plate is made with black sand from Açores.

"As an artist working in ceramics, I work hard for my pieces to become an experience rather than just objects. If through the color, form, and details I create, a window opens into the introspective and spiritual world of my imagination, then for me, I am creating work that is meaningful to share with others. Each piece is an incredibly personal process. In conceiving the design and aesthetic, a piece is always tied to an idea, not just function. In the production, there is a strong relationship I enter into with the elements. First, taking clay from the earth which I have molded using water, next the air dries the pieces. Then they are put into the kiln, where the form responds to the fire and takes its final, altered shape. They are then glazed and placed back into the fire, where the colors evolve. The final piece is truly a collaboration between the elements and my hands, I am not the producer on my own.”