Residents/Idris Ben Chaïb
Idris Ben Chaïb
Wheel-throwing, blended clays

Idris Ben Chaïb

Idris pairs the millrace clay with a clay body brought from his workshop in Sète, seeking the point of tension between two territories within a single thrown piece. Each piece records the exact proportion of the blend, building toward a map of compatible clays over the course of the sessions.

Their residency journal

14 Oct 2026

Loading the wood kiln, session 1

36 hours of firing with the full cohort, the draft monitored in pairs.