{"id":4006,"date":"2026-01-16T09:25:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=4006"},"modified":"2026-01-16T09:25:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:25:56","slug":"leafy-greens-and-loaves-of-bread-transform-into-playful-ceramics-by-eleonore-joulin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=4006","title":{"rendered":"Leafy Greens and Loaves of Bread Transform into Playful Ceramics by El\u00e9onore Joulin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From cheese wedges and leafy greens to loaves of bread and freshly picked zucchini, El\u00e9onore Joulin<\/a> has a tendency for playing with her food. In the Brussels-based artist\u2019s work, a loaf of challah transforms into a vase, while a melting round of Raclette\u2014a cheese originating in Switzerland that\u2019s scraped right off the wheel onto baguettes or potatoes\u2014transforms into a lighting fixture.<\/p>\n

Joulin is known for her lighthearted lamps and vessels<\/a> resembling vegetables, sausages, and other foods. She enjoys experimenting with glazes, handcrafting her own in order to find finishes and hues that create a trompe-l\u2019\u0153il<\/a> effect\u2014as if, for example, cabbage leaves were simply folded into the shape of shoes. The durability of ceramics adds a playful tension to her subject, as we expect greens to wither and bread to turn moldy, yet these never will.<\/p>\n

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Most recently, Joulin spent nearly six months trying to create a glaze-and-texture combination that would mimic wood. \u201cI tried a lot of different ways, including an oxide juice technique and a fake wood rubber tool used by carpenters, but I ended with a combination of three matte glazes,\u201d she tells Colossal. \u201cI\u2019m thinking of doing a cuckoo clock now\u2014stay tuned!\u201d<\/p>\n

Explore even more on Joulin\u2019s Instagram<\/a>. You might also enjoy Stephanie Shih\u2019s nods to \u201cdomestic bliss<\/a>\u201d and Naomi Peterson\u2019s confectionary-inspired \u201ccup-cakes<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member<\/a> today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Leafy Greens and Loaves of Bread Transform into Playful Ceramics by El\u00e9onore Joulin<\/a> appeared first on Colossal<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From cheese wedges and leafy greens to loaves of bread and freshly picked zucchini, El\u00e9onore Joulin has a tendency for playing with her food. In the Brussels-based artist\u2019s work, a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4006\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}