Edith Sevigny-Martel is a ceramicist based in Montreal.
Her work comprises of organic shapes which she builds using pinch, slab, and coiling methods of hand-building. Often either exposing the raw stoneware in her finished pieces or muted, neutral colours.
She considers her way of building subconscious, preferring to visualize a shape and then work out the practicalities of making it with her hands, letting the clay body play a role in dictating its final form. Hand-building being a slower building process makes the work very instinctive and explorational. Observation and redirection are a big part of Edith’s process.
Exhibitions
2024
Complètement Design · Design Fair · Créateur Sélectionné · Montreal.
Terra Ancestral · R&D Residency Wild Clay Harvesting · Chiapas, Mexico.
2023
Souk Habitat · Design Fair · Montreal.
Art Toronto · Yves Laroche Galerie d’Art · Toronto.
Papier Contemporary Art Fair · Yves Laroche Galerie d’Art · Montreal.
Master of Brutality currated by Éditions 8888 · New Studio · New York.
2022
Papier Contemporary Art Fair · Yves Laroche Galerie d’Art · Montreal.
Residency · Lumière Authentik · Montreal.
Residency · Simone Bodmer Turner Studio · New York.
1001 Pots · Val David.
Les Printemps du MAC · Montreal.
2021
1000 Vases · Milan Design Week · Milan.
Souk Habitat · Design Fair · Montreal.
2020
1000 Vases · Paris Design Week · Paris.
Food Nature · Rad Hourani Gallery · Montreal.
Souk Habitat · Design Fair · Montreal.
Publications
2024
Openhouse Magazine · Issue 20 · Selected by Openhouse
2023
Magazine Ligne · Suciter L’inatendu avec Edith Sevigny-Martel
Index Design 16e édition · Créations Locales
The Atelier YUL · A Conversation in the Atelier with Edith Sevigny-Martel
Nuvo · New Chabanel: Montreal Makers Head North
2022
Silo57 · Maison Silo présente les créations singulières d’Edith Sevigny-Martel
2021
La Presse · Objets hors Cadre
Elle Décoration Québec · AMOUREUX D’ESPACES
Elle Canada · In Good Shape
1000 Vases Book · VOLUME ONE