Since I was a child, I have been spending every summer in a small village in the south of France near the medieval town of Uzès to gather with my extended family. The land in this area is full of clay and since prehistoric times, pots have been made there. An “oule” is the old name of a specific type of cooking pot that used to be made in the region, and the village where my mother spent all her summers when she was a child has “des Oules” in the name. When I was looking for a name to showcase my ceramic, I quickly decided that I didn’t want my name to represent my art. Instead, I knew that “des Oules” should be in it because it is meaningful to me and reminds me of where I come from.

“Terre” means land, but also dirt and it seemed very fitting for an endeavor related to ceramic, which is cooked dirt (“terra cotta” in Italian).

That’s how “Terre des Oules” was born.