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If you like ceramics do not miss the Ceramic Art Fair at La Maison de l’Amerique Latine in Saint Germain.
I do love and the faire is just Fab and full of charm. All in the details.

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Because my friends’ latest exhibitions deserve a place on my feed too. ✨

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CERAMIC ART FAIR 🏺

Réalisation des peintures des socles pour l’exposition Prima Materia by @sybil_layous à la @ceramicartfair

Scenography & curation @houseoftoday @cherinemagrabi
Booth design @elie.metni
Mural Artist @terence.minassian
Photo by @ronykh___

#ceramicartfair #artbaselparis #muraldecor

Inspiration des scènes peintes :

Grotesque arabesques du boudoir de Marie Antoinette au Chateau de Fontainebleau, la Tenture de la dame à la Licorne, grotesque arabesque et scènes antique du XVIII.

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Tu pars de Paris après une nuit étrangement féerique dans une ambiance de chaos et de merde. Là où, le même soir @sybil_layous (2) une amie, artiste, céramiste talentueuse expose, explose, cartonne… ça fait tellement de bien.
Le lendemain loin de la horde, de la haine, de la colère se présente un petit îlot de joie (1), bienveillant, facile. À nouveau tout semble léger, possible. #soutienttotalauxlyceens #soutientotalauxgrands-mères #soutientotalauxartistes #labeautesauveralemonde

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What happens when empty space becomes the structural centre of a vessel?

At Ceramic Art Fair + Glass in Paris, House of Today presents Prima Materia, a new body of work by Lebanese designer-maker Sybil Layous, developing the ideas first explored in her Interstice series in 2024.

Layous begins with a deliberate separation: the vessel’s neck no longer meets its body. An interval remains between the two, held in tension by the handles that connect them.

Those handles carry much of the architecture. Some recall the sweeping curves of ancient amphorae; others branch into horns, spikes and serpentine extensions. The vessel remains recognisable, but its familiar anatomy is unsettled.

Her engagement with ancient ceremonial objects deepened after encountering an Achaemenid vessel handle depicting a winged ibex at the Louvre. Rather than reproducing archaeological forms, Layous draws on their ability to blur the boundary between function and symbolism.

The glazes complicate that reading further. Deep reds, pale greens, turquoise and metallic surfaces can appear oxidised like excavated bronze, reflective or almost mineral - moving the works between something apparently ancient and something unfamiliar.

Every piece is hand-built in Layous’s Paris studio through coiling and pinching, without a wheel. She shapes the body, neck and handles in front of a mirror to control proportion and balance - a meticulous process that allows rupture to appear unexpectedly stable.
In Prima Materia, absence is not simply what is missing from the vessel. It is what gives the vessel its structure.

Sybil Layous · Prima Materia Presented by House of Today Booth 7 · @ceramicartfair  Maison de l’Amérique Latine, Paris 20–25 October 2026

Photography by Celine Layous @celinelayous . Installation images by Mickael Llorca. Courtesy House of Today.

#SybilLayous #PrimaMateria #CeramicArtFair #ContemporaryCeramics #CeramicCurated Dark green sculptural ceramic vessel by Sybil Layous displayed on a tall white plinth in a pale blue-grey classical interior. The vessel has a rounded body, a narrow neck and two elevated looping handles that create a large open space above the form.

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Introducing REGALIA, a ceremonial bowl from my latest collection, Prima Materia, debuting with @houseoftoday at @ceramicartfair in Paris.

Prima Materia draws on the enduring mythology of ancient vessels, bringing together animal hybrids, serpentine contours, horn-like extensions, and tentacles. The forms evoke rituals about to unfold, translating their ceremonial weight into contemporary ceramic form.

🗓️ 20–25 October 2026
📍 Maison de L’Amérique Latine
🎟️ Tickets available now via the Ceramic Art Fair website
📸 Reel by @celinelayous

#HouseOfToday #CollectibleDesign #contemporaryceramics #expoparis #artbasel

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Light up! Our Anatomy wall sconce @houseoftoday @theinvisiblecollection

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House of Today makes its first appearance at the fair with a solo show dedicated to Sybil Layous and her second collection, Prima Materia. Here, ceramic vessels become something altogether more intriguing. The space between the neck and the body, rather than serving a purely structural purpose, becomes the very heart of the work.

Surrounded by hybrid animal forms, horn-like extensions and serpentine shapes, each vessel feels somewhere between an ancient artefact and a creature from another world. Layered glazes evoke metal, glass and the patina of objects shaped by time, while every curve and opening is carefully built by hand in Layous’ Paris studio.

There’s something almost ritualistic about these pieces. They invite us to look beyond the object itself and imagine what might have happened before, or what might happen next.

Discover House of Today’s presentation of Prima Materia on the first floor, in Salon Panama (B7)

🎟️ Get your tickets at the link in bio

© Celine Layous

CORNUCOPIA & CAPRA VOLANS

AURORA
1/6
31,5x23,5x37H cm
Glazed Stoneware

HYDRA GREEN
1/6
31×29,5x36H cm
Glazed Stoneware

REGALIA
1/3
43,5x35,5×33,5H cm
Glazed Stoneware

AMALTHEA
1/6
37x25,5x41H cm
Glazed Stoneware

INTERSTICE PRIMA
1/6
32x23x38,5H cm
Glazed Stoneware

CAPRA VOLANS
1/6
34x24x42H cm
Glazed Stoneware

HYDRA YELLOW
1/6
45x45x42H cm
Glazed Stoneware

House of Today makes its first appearance at the fair with a solo show dedicated to Sybil Layous and her second collection, Prima Materia. Here, ceramic vessels become something altogether more intriguing. The space between the neck and the body, rather than serving a purely structural purpose, becomes the very heart of the work.

Surrounded by hybrid animal forms, horn-like extensions and serpentine shapes, each vessel feels somewhere between an ancient artefact and a creature from another world. Layered glazes evoke metal, glass and the patina of objects shaped by time, while every curve and opening is carefully built by hand in Layous’ Paris studio.

There’s something almost ritualistic about these pieces. They invite us to look beyond the object itself and imagine what might have happened before, or what might happen next

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تؤمن المهندسة المعمارية والفنانة اللبنانية
Shaha Raphael
بأن كل مشروع يحمل في طيّاته رحلة إبداعية تفتح آفاقاً جديدة وغير متوقعة. ومن خلال المزج بين الأدوات الرقمية ولمسات اليد، تستكشف
Shaha
إمكانيات مختلفة للتعبير الفني. وبمناسبة مرور 30 عاماً على تأسيس
Jimmy Choo،
تستلهم مجموعة
Pearls of Wisdom
جمال اللؤلؤ والبحر، ليس في شكله فحسب، بل أيضاً في الرحلة التي تقود إلى ابتكاره.

For Lebanese architect and artist Shaha Raphael, every project is a creative journey, often leading somewhere entirely unexpected. Combining digital tools with the human touch, she explores new possibilities in artistic expression.
For Jimmy Choo’s 30th anniversary, ‘Pearls of Wisdom’ draws inspiration from the beauty of pearls and the sea, looking beyond their appearance to the time, patience and process behind their formation.

رئيسة التحرير: @maibadr5
مديرة المحتوى الرقمي: @nadinekhalifeh
إخراج: @marounfrancis
إنتاج: @nooralrakhawi
إضاءة: @bahjat.salem
نص: @yorgoelbittar
شعر : @edgardakar
مكياج: @sarakhabbazofficial
موقع: @houseoftoday

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Cherine Magrabi Tayeb Is Shaping the Future of Lebanese Design

Founder of House of Today, Cherine Magrabi Tayeb has built a platform dedicated to contemporary Lebanese design and emerging creative talent.

Through exhibitions, collaborations and international exposure, she continues to bring Lebanon’s distinctive design language to a global audience.

#CherineMagrabiTayeb #HouseOfToday #LebaneseDesign #ContemporaryDesign #DesignCulture

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Meet @houseoftoday

Founded in Beirut in 2012, House of Today is a non-profit with a clear conviction: Lebanese design deserves a global stage. From residencies in Austria to Frieze Los Angeles, they’ve been quietly building one of the most compelling ecosystems in contemporary design — supporting designers at every stage, connecting them to collectors, institutions, and opportunities that cross borders.Their program spans ceramics, furniture, and objects that sit right at the edge of art and design.

A first time at Ceramic Art Fair + Glass, and exactly the kind of voice this fair is here for.

We can’t wait to welcome them at the Maison de l’Amérique latine, Paris, October 20 to 25.

#ceramicartfair #houseoftoday #contemporaryart #parisartweek

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#PADSaintTropez 🤍 The finest in contemporary and historical design.

(c) @mickimov

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