The Cadavre Exquis Ceramics

The Cadavre Exquis (or Exquisite Corpse) is a game invented by the Surrealists around 1925 to write sentences: subject, verb, and complement are assembled blindly, producing statements that are as amusing as they are strange and revealing. The first sentence created according to this principle gave the game its name:

‘The exquisite  — corpse — shall drink — the new — wine.’

The Cadavre Exquis Ceramic transposes this principle into ceramic creation. Each draw generates a unique proposal, conceived as a starting point rather than an instruction to follow. By combining objects, styles, finishes, and constraints, the Cadavre Exquis Ceramic helps overcome creative blocks while encouraging makers to step off the beaten path and challenge themselves.

1. Object
What you make, the type of piece.

2. Style
How the object is conceived, in its overall form or aesthetic intention.

3. Finish
What is applied, carved, glazed, colored, textured, or altered on the surface.

4. Constraint
This category introduces a production constraint that affects gesture, time, body, or process.