Isabelle Monod and the Glass Revival in France

During the 1970s, the Biot glassworks encouraged the emergence of a generation of artists who renewed the art of French glassmaking. In their small personal workshops, these glassmakers empirically rediscovered the different hot glass techniques to create unique pieces. Among these creators, Isabelle Monod (1945-2024) holds a special place. Alongside her husband, Claude Monod, she first learned to master decorative inclusions in clear glass, before developing her work into the field of glass sculpture, at a time when few women used this material. In order to pay tribute to one of the most talented French glass artists, who passed away at the beginning of the year, Eric Louet, the director of the François Décorchemont Glass Museum, will look back on her career and her place in the French Glass Revival during the museum's last conference of the year.