Clélia Chotard (France) trained at the École des Beaux-arts, specializing in painting, a discipline she later taught before joining an artistic earthenware manufactory in Malicorne-sur-Sarthe. Immersion in the craft and history of earthenware profoundly shaped her practice, deepening her attachment to this noble, storied material. In 2020, during the pandemic, her children discovered fragments of earthenware in the Vezanne stream near their home, mistaking them for gemstones. Moved by their colors and patterns, Chotard began transforming these shards into jewelry, extending a decorative tradition while renewing it for the present.
Her work remains grounded in painterly concerns—composition, material dialogue, and the interplay of pattern and color. Conceived as “wearable paintings,” each piece is fashioned from antique earthenware, reworked and mounted in 24-carat gold-plated frames, entirely handmade in her workshop.
Chotard is a member of the Ateliers d’Art de France and she collaborates with boutiques at the Château de Versailles, Chambord, Chenonceau, and leading Parisian museums.
