Valérie Courtet, Pelican sculpture in enamelled sandstone, contemporary work

Sculpture in enamelled sandstone representing a straight pelican, the two legs tucked under its body. Its large yellow beak is folded along its neck. Its head is straight and it looks flatly in front of it with its black eyes pink surrounded. It has a short white plumage on the chest and the neck and long white feathers on the back. The head top and the tail are black.

French contemporary work.

Valérie Courtet is a French artist who learned with Jacques Peiffer, Meilleur Ouvrier de France, in the Saint-Jean l’Aigle de Longwy Manufacture, how to apprehend the terracotta, how to mold oven it then, finally, glazed it.

To learn more about Valérie Courtet, it’s here.