Johanna de Clisson
Designer and ceramist
My artistic research project will focus on blending cultures and know-how. Earth meets textiles, ceramics and weaving become one.
India, with the richness of its textiles, the diversity of its weaving and embroidery techniques, the brilliance of its jewelry and the symbolic power of its traditional costumes, is a major source of inspiration for me.
As a ceramist and designer, trained in a European context where minimalism, sober lines and the predominance of white occupy a central place in my work, I wish to initiate a dialogue between these two aesthetic universes.
The ambition is to develop a ‘mini collection’ of hybrid tunics, accessories & art pieces fusing the ornamental elegance of Indian with a more streamlined, sculptural approach.
It will explore the contrasts between the suppleness of textiles and the rigidity of ceramics, sculpting fabric as one models clay. The work will be symbolic of dualities : color and monochrome, ornamentation and minimalism, tradition and contemporary reinterpretation.
Johanna de Clisson is an artistic director, designer, and ceramist. A graduate of ENSAD, she founded Studio Hiromi in 2021—a research space for free-spirited, tactile design. In her white-walled atelier in Paris, she sculpts chamotte clay and cracked enamel into objects that balance brutality and sensuality. Lamps, tables, and light sculptures emerge from a vocabulary of austere, voluptuous forms. Architecture grounds her vision—Niemeyer, Ando, and Nishizawa are guiding spirits—while German objective photography informs her serial, precise approach. Dressed in a white blouse, she works in silence, letting constraint and clarity shape her meditative practice.
