This piece is the result of several intersecting creative approaches.
It features a perforated tube, and a sort of cream appears to be flowing through the holes. The tube is bent and corroded, with straight ribs running along its outer surface. It seems to come from the industrial world and looks like a piece of discarded scrap.
But the liquid flowing from the openings suggests that something is working, that the tube is producing a liquid substance—thick despite its clearly visible deterioration. However, the tube and the liquid are made of the same material and are one and the same sculpture. Furthermore, given their nature as *Embranchement*, both are pierced at their center to accommodate a branch. Depending on how the sculpture is placed in space—standing upright, suspended by a branch, or lying flat on a pedestal table, for example—the description I just gave of the two parts of the volume fades into a new interpretation.
Thus, a functional principle that clearly influenced the work’s form is revealed for what it is : a source of inspiration.
This sculpture is an original work produced in an edition of 8 (what is an original work ?). It is presented here, as is often the case, in white bronze, but it can also be made in bronze, silver, resin, or even gold ! Each sculpture is unique, because the branches I collect in the forest are, by definition, unique. The idea that it is nature that makes each sculpture in the series unique fills me with joy ! And why not use your own branches from the garden ?

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