This freedom allows me to cultivate hope, and see clearly. But it is the fragility of this interior freedom that makes me want to set it in stone, with solid material I find - wood, cement, clay, plaster - to allow the sense of hope and clarity to endure.
“When you walk in the woods or along a river, you see the most wonderful things, but the following week, nothing of that remains because life goes on in all its forms and tempos - and nature also changes, like all of us: youth becomes old age, a flower fades, a river retreats. That’s why I have a need to sculpt these fleeting emotions and states, to give them a more permanent presence.
I try to capture the rebirth and bravery of nature - even when it’s not that evident. Sometimes I capture the sadness of change. “But birth is a consistent theme in nature, so perhaps in my work something lives on that otherwise might have died.”
Yolaine Brochard
YOLAINE
BROCHARD
