Jean Girel
Ceramic, glazes
14 x 22 x 22 cm
5.51 x 8.66 x 8.66 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7160
Ceramic, glazes
10,5 x 17 x 17 cm
3.94 x 6.69 x 6.69 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7158
Ceramic, glazes
26,5 x 17,5 x 17,5 cm
10.24 x 6.69 x 6.69 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7162
Ceramic, glazes
27 x 17 x 17 cm
10.63 x 6.69 x 6.69 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7015
Ceramic, glazes
15,5 x 25,5 x 25,5 cm
5.91 x 9.84 x 9.84 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7166
Ceramic, glazes
16,5 x 22,5 x 22,5 cm
6.3 x 8.66 x 8.66 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7164
Ceramic, glazes
11,5 x 19,5 x 19,5 cm
4.33 x 7.48 x 7.48 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7178
Ceramic, glazes
10 x 35 x 35 cm
3.94 x 13.78 x 13.78 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7018
Ceramic, glazes
10,5 x 33,5 x 33,5 cm
3.94 x 12.99 x 12.99 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7183
Ceramic, glazes
9 x 28,5 x 28,5 cm
3.54 x 11.02 x 11.02 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7182
Ceramic, glazes
6 x 26 x 26 cm
2.36 x 10.24 x 10.24 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7009
Ceramic, glazes
8 x 31 x 31 cm
3.15 x 12.2 x 12.2 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7005
Ceramic, glazes
6 x 34 x 34 cm
2.36 x 13.39 x 13.39 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7004
Ceramic, glazes
5 x 45 x 45 cm
1.97 x 17.72 x 17.72 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7152
Ceramic, glazes
4 x 31,5 x 31,5 cm
1.57 x 12.2 x 12.2 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7153
Ceramic, glazes
6 x 32 x 32 cm
2.36 x 12.6 x 12.6 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7157
Ceramic, glazes
5 x 24 x 24 cm
1.97 x 9.45 x 9.45 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7172
Ceramic, glazes
6 x 23 x 23 cm
2.36 x 9.06 x 9.06 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7010
ceramic
14 x 39 x 39 cm
5.51 x 15.35 x 15.35 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7575
ceramic
15 x 37 x 37 cm
5.91 x 14.57 x 14.57 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7574
ceramic
14 x 35 x 35 cm
5.51 x 13.78 x 13.78 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7573
ceramic
17 x 35 x 35 cm
6.69 x 13.78 x 13.78 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7578
ceramic
18 x 37 x 37 cm
7.09 x 14.57 x 14.57 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7577
ceramic
17 x 38 x 38 cm
6.69 x 14.96 x 14.96 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7579
ceramic
10.5 x 27 x 27 cm
4.13 x 10.63 x 10.63 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7566
French, born in 1947 in Savoy
Lives and works in Cluny, France
Jean Girel was born in Savoy in 1947. As a 14 year-old boy, he learned the potter's craft from a traditional potter. After studying Fine Arts in Mâcon, he went on to complete a degree in visual arts in Paris. These studies initially led Girel to become an artist and a teacher of visual arts. In 1975 however, after discovering Song ceramics Girel found his vocation and decided to work exclusively in ceramics.
Girel?s creative talents, which bring together Western know-how and the age-long ceramic tradition of the Far East, give birth to recipes for clay mixtures and glazes, firing procedures and the invention of tools and instruments as need dictates.
The kiln he now uses in his workshop near Cluny is the seventeenth that he has designed and built for his personal use.
Jean Girl was awarded the French title of Master Craftsman in June 2000.
Girel's work can be found in the collections of The Palace Museum, Beijing; Musée National de la Céramique, Sèvres; Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris; Musée du Cinquantenaire, Brussels; Fondation Baur, Geneva; National Palace Museum, Taipei; and Celadon Museum, Ganjin, Korea; amongst others.