Large contemporary ceramic dish by Claude Champy

Large black glazed sandstone dish with glass inlay, unique piece entitled "miroir de réflexion", signed Champy

It is a permanent force that emerges from the masterful work of Claude Champy, one of our greatest and prestigious ceramists unanimously recognized both nationally and internationally. [...]
Claude Champy leads an exceptional career that intersects with the main anchor points of the history of ceramics of the last forty years. [...] It is a whole repertoire of forms and techniques that we are given to see; it testifies how much of the permanent evolution of the work of a creator and its inscription in time. [...]
Because Claude Champy's artistic career is a source of astonishment, starting with the fact that from a single earth and enamel recipes, he was able to show such a wide inventiveness and such a perpetual renewal in forms and materials.
Needless to say, we want this quest to continue as long as possible, so that Claude Champy does not cease to surprise us with his creativity..."

CAMEO David (Director General of Sèvres - Cité de la Céramique), Preface, pp. 6 and 8, in Collective, Claude Champy, Earth accomplice, editions of the revue de la céramique et du verre / Sèvres - Cité de la céramique