Etienne Viollet

French artist and designer Etienne Viollet trained as an illustrator in Nantes. He has spent over a decade designing and shaping hand-crafted vases from paper, printed with his surreal and drawings. Growing up surrounded by the natural world through his parents’ flower business, Viollet developed a deep visual vocabulary rooted in botany and animal forms. His inspiration is drawn from surrealist masters and automatic drawing techniques, where he allows his subconscious to shape the creative path. Doodling with a humble Bic pen on plain cartridge paper, his hand-drawn black-and-white images are then uploaded to a computer and digitally washed with color before being printed.