Juliette Leperlier – Glass paste sculptor

Normandie – 1984

Juliette Leperlier‘s connection to glass paste is not accidental; it’s woven into her heritage and family tradition. Her great-grandfather François Décorchemont perfected this lost-wax casting technique. Afterwards, her father Etienne Leperlier and her uncle Antoine (appointed Master of Art in 1994) continued to explore and develop this medium. In a sense, she inherited all the tools to continue this craft adventure in her own.

After graduating from ENSAAMA, Juliette pursued a master’s degree in fine arts at the Sorbonne, seeking to explore new techniques beyond her family’s heritage. She began a new exploration of “pâte de verre” after her studies. She worked with her father for 4 years before taking over the family workshop in 2014. Her work is characterized by a focus on organic and natural forms, where she masterfully plays with opacity and transparency. She prefers curves to right angles and strives to find coherence between form and matter in her work.

2014 – laureate of regional prize of Ateliers d’Art de France

Research and innovation

Juliette explores materials through photography, playing with the instantaneity of the medium and creating her own colours. She also recycles her scraps.

Transmission

After her father’s passing, Juliette took over the workshop and reappropriated the technique developed over a century earlier by her great-grandfather. Committed to passing on her know-how, she obtained Qualiopi certification to provide fee-paying training courses and offers 3 or 4 glass sculpture courses a year. Juliette also takes on trainees every year: “I like teaching people the know-how I have acquired here, in this workshop”.

Her work is regularly presented in museums and galleries, including the Musée du Verre de Sars Poterie, Galerie Internationale du verre de Biot, Galerie Capazza and Continuum Gallery in Germany. One of his works was selected as the cover for the Salon Souffle in Louviers in 2024.

Her father’s workshop, which is still in the same state as it was, needs to be modernised, by repairing and replacing machinery, acquiring platens and a dust extractor, crucial to the health of trainees, as well as a pneumatic sander and a lifting table. To guarantee high-quality training and prevent health risks, Juliette has asked for the Foundation’s support to modernise her workshop.