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French Modernist Pottery Designer
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In 1958, at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs in Paris, Edith Roux unveiled her 'Ligne Brisée' series, stoneware vessels with asymmetrical, angular rims and matte glazes that shifted from cobalt to iron-oxide ochre depending on kiln atmosphere. Unlike contemporaries who prioritized either utility or sculpture, Roux engineered each piece so its form dictated its function: a teapot’s spout followed the parabolic curve of poured liquid, while her stacking bowls used subtle undercuts to nest without slipping, a feat achieved through precise clay-body calibration and hand-carved plaster molds. She refused industrial slip-casting, insisting on wheel-thrown bases finished with controlled finger-grooves that guided the user’s grip. Her 1963 manifesto 'La Céramique comme Acte de Mesure' argued that modernist pottery must reconcile human scale with geometric honesty, not as decoration, but as embodied logic. Roux taught at École Boulle for twenty-two years, where she banned sketchbooks in favor of daily clay tests logged in gridded notebooks, each entry noting humidity, wheel speed, and thumb pressure.
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