More on Jacques Jarrige

Claire le Douaron contacted me from Paris because she had taken pictures of Jacques and his creations at another workshop where he works located in a psychiatric hospital outside of Paris. Jarrige  and another artist design and produce pieces with patients, Claire is a doctor at the hospital.

They met when she had a little time between two patients.  She got intrigued by a sign she saw downstairs about a creative workshop and decided to investigate. She was fascinated by the rapport between Jacques and the patients and the amazing work that was produced. Jacques had taken the group to a nearby forest and they had collected wood to make sculptures and furniture. Serious design discussion and drawing sessions were taking place.

She got to know Jacques better because she was taken by him first  and the work she was discovering, she says

“I was surprised to feel emanating from his creations a soft light, a quiet freedom, a delicateness bordering on fragility even in newer more colorful pieces like the Cloud table series. His work looked and felt just like himself”