O u r G u e s t Martin RAYNALD SCULPTOR-PLASTICIC ARTIST www.raynald-martin.france-artisanat.fr I am an interdisciplinary artist, a sculptor discoverer, a visual artist and a bit of a humourist. It is quite a challenge todefine the indefinable. I am from Drouais, France. Staying away from school as much as possible was a hobby of mine but I eventually studied fine arts. I worked on occasion and had various different casual jobs... My name is Ray and I work with Web site : plants and dreams; dead bonsais, driftwood, bamboo http://raynald-martin.france-artisanat.frrhizomes, mushroom amadou, pine cones and various different worrying, charming and amusing entities. I Facebook : play with forms and work with materials using various https://www.facebook.com/raynald.martin.7different techniques such as modelling (clay, resin orpatina) Some of my pieces of work require up to three Email : years of preparation. The result is a unique design plantesinsolites@aol.com thanks to perfect harmonious complicity between man and nature. My primary passion is observing. When I go for walks, I see shapes in trees as you would do with clouds in the sky. There are also dragons and enchanting beings. I imagine things as Peter Pan would… My next endeavour during a stroll would be to collect bits of wood and then clean and dry them... Modelling or sculpting, it is the material's call, which inspires me to do a design from it... It is a matter of poetry between man and material. Nothing ever dies. Everything can be given a new lease of life through creativity. Every afternoon when I visit schools, I often explain to children and adults alike that they should not create barriers, but free their minds and simply do things and they would see the result. “ 72| nacreLA REVUE | n°66