Yann Le GallReduction stoneware
Yann works with iron-rich clays harvested downstream of the millrace, throwing them into utilitarian pieces fired with sea salt gathered at…
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Ceramics residency · Inland BrittanyRiver clay,
River clay,
shaped on site.
A former water mill restored on the banks of the Elorn, a wood-fired kiln built on site, clay harvested within ten kilometres. Three residents at a time, matter before gesture.
Kiln
Wood, downdraft
Clay
Harvested on the riverbank
Firing
36h, local reduction
Current session
Autumn — closes Nov. 12
“We don't work clay that's been brought in. We work what we've dug out of the bank ourselves, trowel in hand, one September morning.”
The mill stopped grinding in 1961. The wheel has been turning again since 2019 — more for power than for the gesture now, but it still sets the rhythm of the days: water, clay, fire.
Every cohort starts with a site inventory before any production: which clay, which ash, which wood. The residency journal documents this step as much as the pieces that come out of it.
- Clay harvested upstream and downstream of the millrace, sieved on site
- Kiln ash returned as glaze, a closed cycle
- Firewood from the upkeep of the neighbouring coppice
Current cohort — Autumn 2026Three residents,
Three residents,
one river.
Twelve weeks, one shared kiln. Each resident arrives with a question about matter, and leaves with an answer in fired clay.
Yann Le Gall
Maren HoffSculpture, ash
Maren builds wall reliefs from blended clays and glazes made entirely from kiln ash. Her first season (autumn 2025) laid the groundwork for…
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Idris Ben ChaïbWheel-throwing, blended clays
Idris pairs the millrace clay with a clay body brought from his workshop in Sète, seeking the point of tension between two territories…
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What happens between digging the clay and unloading the kiln, noted week by week.
22 Sept 2026
First reliefs, blended millrace clayMaren Hoff
28 Sept 2026
First sieving of the downstream millraceYann Le Gall
6 Oct 2026
Ash and river silica glaze testMaren Hoff
14 Oct 2026
Loading the wood kiln, session 1Idris Ben Chaïb
Past cohorts
Nine sessions since opening, each with its own question of matter.
Summer 2026
The millrace clay, alone
Three residents, one bet: work only the clay harvested on site, with no outside material at all.
Spring 2026
Ash and reduction
A series of glazes made entirely from local wood ash — a grey-to-green palette, never reproduced identically.
Autumn 2025
Two rivers, one firing
A collaboration with a sister residency in Puisaye — comparing two clays fired in the same kiln.
Apply for an upcoming session.
The spring 2027 residency opens applications on January 5th. Three places, twelve weeks, one kiln to share.
See the call for applications