PRIMITIVE ISLAND

A parenthesis in Africa, the warm colors of earth, sand, skin, fruit... A beneficial solar energy and a simple way of life make everything beautiful. The red earth of the mountains and the shimmering green of the plants fill the mind with an energizing sweetness. The calm and gentle lagoons contrast with the sea urchins that inhabit them in numbers and give another shade, another perspective to the landscape. The mangroves seem to walk on water and paint a dreamlike picture. Influenced by my trip, I wanted to transcribe this primitive tenderness in ginger bread and white stoneware lamps, sometimes adorned with a piece of sun, which cut out the overall landscape of the exhibition. I also present large white wicker lamps, created with the help of a basket maker. Some of the shapes seem to point to the sky and want to touch the sun. Naïve, enveloping volumes, and the association within the same exhibition of two natural materials, earth and wicker, which allow me to re-transcribe my chromatic and sensitive vision of this travel.

After fifteen years in fashion, Elisa Uberti turned to craftsmanship to develop a more sensitive and timeless practice. In her studio in Roubaix, France, she hand-builds stoneware sculptures with organic and architectural forms, inspired by nature, primitive art, and the idea of dwelling as a protective, contemplative refuge.