Francois Chenu

What they make

According to their website, Atelier des Goblins is a small French art workshop that works across ceramics and hand-weaving, producing one-off pieces rather than series. It hand-models imaginative character figurines from clay, working in porcelain, stoneware, or earthenware, with each piece unique, either glazed or engobed, and fired at 1280C for porcelain and stoneware or 1000C for earthenware. It also wheel-throws vases in stoneware or porcelain, glazed and fired in reduction at 1280C. Separately, the workshop hand-weaves fabric on a shaft loom using cotton and Scottish thread; the cloth is pre-shrunk (decatised) before use and applied mainly to making lampshades. A short passage on the figurines credits Brittany folklore as creative inspiration, but the site does not state where the workshop is located or give any address. No export markets, certifications, staff numbers, or product lines beyond figurines, vases, and woven lampshade fabric are mentioned; a contact form is provided for inquiries.

• Hand-modeled imaginative character figurines made from clay (porcelain, stoneware, or earthenware), each a unique piece
• Figurines glazed or engobed and fired at 1280C (porcelain/stoneware) or 1000C (earthenware)
• Wheel-thrown vases in stoneware or porcelain, glazed and fired in reduction at 1280C
• Hand-woven fabric produced on a shaft loom (tissage a bras) using cotton and Scottish thread
• Woven fabric is pre-shrunk (decatised) before use
• Woven cloth applied mainly to the making of lampshades (abat-jour)
• Contact form on the website for customer inquiries

Summary written by byeurope.eu based on the company’s own website; independently cross-checked against the same source. Not reviewed by the company.