"Daedalus" (230h-80-80, 2016) soft limestone, Montendre, Charente-Maritime ( France). Sculpture symposium on the theme of the labyrinth. Free, organic interpretation of an abstract, three-dimensional labyrinth.
Kâ-Ascension
"Kâ-Ascension" (160H-60-60, in 2017), Gard limestone, symposium des hommes et des pierres , Junas quarry (30), France. Free, abstract sculpture, work on hollowing out and research to reveal the sound aspect of stone. A tribute to Coltrane and the traditional Drum of Guadeloupe.
The Jaguar man
"The Jaguar man", for the Galaxie des Pierres Levées, in Crazannes. Les Lapidiales. Sculpture for a large-scale project to bring together 366 monumental monoliths, and represent all cultures around the world at an average rate of 6 sculptors in residence each year and on a different culture. I was awarded the prize to represent the Amerindian cultures of South America, in 2017...
The sculpture would aim to perceive first and foremost the face of the shaman, wearing the Jaguar mask. The Jaguar symbolizes the Earth, more or less stylized, blending in with the terrestrial monsters whose wide-open jaws allow the solar god to emerge. The side cones symbolize clairvoyance. Tattoos and scarification. They provide information on a person's social rank, and even their function, particularly in the case of priests. Reference: La Tolita and Palenque cultures.
"In his frantic, sublime quest to reinvent the boundaries of beauty in order to approach the spheres of the divine, the creator becomes a soothsayer poet. Esquisse d'une danse avec l'au-delà (Outline of a dance with the beyond) constantly plays out and re-enacts the primordial cosmogonies that celebrate man's communion with animal and plant creatures." René Daumal.
"The Jaguar man" ( limestone, 280h-80-80cm) created in 2017, as part of the "Galaxie des Pierres Levées" project in Crazannes (France), for the Lapidiales, on the theme of South American Amerindian
Tztzimime
"Tztzimime", (190h-80-80cm) 2017, Tepeji del Rio, Mexico, sculpture in local travertine. Female divinity from Aztec mythology.
Retour en Afrique
"Retour en Afrique" ( 190h-180cm wide) 2018, made in Laongo, Burkina Faso, on granite. Evocation of a fragmentary portrait half-mask half-woman, composed of bronze inlays in the eyes. To translate the deep connection to the continent, but also the question of roots, for people born of the exodus, the slave trade through the Caribbean or the Americas.
Crocodile Woman
"Crocodile Woman", (limestone, 240h-80-80) 2021, commune of Vix, Vendée ( France), sculpture for an art trail on the theme of vines and marshes. Metamorphosis between man and animal. A mythical world, but also paleontological research: less than 145 million years ago, at the same latitude, there was a completely different ecosystem, with 7 or 8 different varieties of crocodile. Climate variations called into question.
Sinuous hatching
"Sinuous hatching" (180h-180l-170p) 2021-2022. Ruschita marble, Masiuca, Romania. International marble sculpture symposium. A free, organic abstract model for the communion of peoples and peace. A kaleidoscope of form combinations, depending on the point of view.
Lambi Evolution
"Lambi Evolution" (Tuff bien ferme de Sainte-Anne, 250h-180l-150p cm, 2022), Guadeloupe. Guadeloupe's first stone sculpture symposium in the Caribbean. La Conque de Lambi, an aesthetic link between the different peoples and cultures of the Caribbean. The monumental sculpture is adorned with petrographs inspired by models from French Guiana, the Lesser and Greater Antilles, the Breton Neolithic, West Africa (scarifications, engravings on Ethiopian and Malian phallic steles) and Asian floral motifs (India).
The multiple past of the All-World thus engraved on the lambi conch shell becomes common: "to unite memories, to liberate them through each other, is to open the way to World Relation. (E. Glissant, Tous les jours de mai, 2008).
Sculpture symposium residency in Zimbabwe 2024,
with the participation of Rickson Zavare, Morgan Tago Tazvitya, Loraine Mamvura, Absheba Chidhawu, David Chinyama, Laïla Westergaard, Thomas Petit, et Erik Schwarzbart et Wiston Nyekete
Following the residency as well as the visit to different places of production and galleries, organization of the exhibition of our productions at the national gallery of Zimbabwe in Harare.
Production of two sculptures: “Free movement” in Green Opal Stone and “Authentic whitness” in Serpentine Spring Stone
International symposium on Laongo granite in Burkina-Faso, session 2024
Sculpture made in Laongo for the international symposium of the 2024 edition, in Burkina Faso.
“Cultural triangulation, rhizome”... 3 m 80 by 3 m 80. Granite and bronze, Atelier CPT and Co: bronzier team, Raymond Kabore, Laurent Tapsoba, Salif Nacoulma and Anna Touré...
This is a map of population movements around the world, with Africa, the root tree of humanity, at its center.
The sacred wood.
A map of the past and the present and the future...
Dreamed as a hope, placed under the sign of the resilience of the history of the past.
It is the desire to establish cultural bridges, with a view to constructive, free and equitable relations. For social cohesion!
Rhizome expansion in the triangular culture of the whole World...
It's the gathering to move towards more light...
CPT workshop…
Memory of the creation of the bronze with my Burkinabé colleagues.
Second participation in the Jardins du Divers symposium, at the Zevallos plantation in Guadeloupe, 2025
“The Doubout Spirit”
“The Doubout Spirit,” a sculpture carved directly from mahogany. A kind of totem or potomitan, simultaneously hermaphroditic, human, animal, and plant.
Bringing together forms inspired by several cultures, West and East African and ancestral Caribbean cultures, notably through the placement of the legs and feet in the ground, which gives the sculpture a sense of grounding.
The whole aspires to a certain dynamic of elevation and openness to the cosmos.
This representation contains ancestral facets yet is entirely contemporary.
This stems from my formal research, which aims to cultivate its own singularity in expression.
"The Doubout spirit" reflects an ancestral thought and memory in perpetual transformation…
This is the emergence of a new series, "The Revenants," which follows previous explorations (Free Movement, Totem, Authentic Witness)…
"CPT" Workshop… Sculptor Thomas Petit
Second project for the 2026 edition
"Totem for Peace"
"Pé là Totem!"
June 17, 2026
This vertical sculpture embodies a human dynamic that incorporates animal hybridization.
Its aim is to reconcile humanity with nature and the environment.
This totem serves as a *potomitan*—a central pillar—or an antenna, intended to maintain the balance of relationships between beings...
"In this desperate and sublime quest that drives him ceaselessly to reinvent the boundaries of beauty in order to draw closer to the divine spheres, the creator becomes a visionary poet. A sketch of a dance with the beyond, it endlessly reenacts primordial cosmogonies that celebrate the communion of man with animal and plant creatures."
René Daumal
Thomas Petit, "CPT" Studio...
Eastern Mediterranean – A work created for sculptor Bachir Hadji during the 2026 season at Les Lapidiales.
Artistic Approach:
In my work, I stage and externalize truths buried in my memory, presenting a multitude of situations and a host of elements from my own life and the world at large: donkeys, people, faces, and illegible script.
Over time, I have come to believe that art—with its paradoxes—leads back to almost nothing and yet to everything. I believe art is not merely about appearance; its essence lies in its hidden dimension. While it acknowledges reality, it invites a multitude of possible interpretations. It is not simply a matter of technical skill; behind every work, a host of intentions often takes shape. Visual artists and poets alike share something in common—something they seek out in the depths.
Project: Civilizations of the Eastern Mediterranean:
For this project, I draw upon the image of the pack donkeys that once transported silk from the Pacific Ocean to the Eastern Mediterranean via the Silk Road, as well as their role as agricultural work animals across the Mediterranean basin. They facilitated the growth of trade and the expansion of Mediterranean civilization. I also keep in mind migrants of all origins—battered by the waves—and the donkeys recently rescued from the Gaza Strip. These donkeys were transferred to Europe and arrived in Haute-Vienne on July 4th, after receiving veterinary care in Belgium. Currently, their main role involves entertainment and nature-related activities. I am very happy for them!
14/11/2025
Bachir HADJI
Daedalus
"Daedalus" (230h-80-80, 2016) soft limestone, Montendre, Charente-Maritime ( France). Sculpture symposium on the theme of the labyrinth. Free, organic interpretation of an abstract, three-dimensional labyrinth.
Kâ-Ascension
"Kâ-Ascension" (160H-60-60, in 2017), Gard limestone, symposium des hommes et des pierres , Junas quarry (30), France. Free, abstract sculpture, work on hollowing out and research to reveal the sound aspect of stone. A tribute to Coltrane and the traditional Drum of Guadeloupe.
The Jaguar man
"The Jaguar man", for the Galaxie des Pierres Levées, in Crazannes. Les Lapidiales. Sculpture for a large-scale project to bring together 366 monumental monoliths, and represent all cultures around the world at an average rate of 6 sculptors in residence each year and on a different culture. I was awarded the prize to represent the Amerindian cultures of South America, in 2017...
The sculpture would aim to perceive first and foremost the face of the shaman, wearing the Jaguar mask. The Jaguar symbolizes the Earth, more or less stylized, blending in with the terrestrial monsters whose wide-open jaws allow the solar god to emerge. The side cones symbolize clairvoyance. Tattoos and scarification. They provide information on a person's social rank, and even their function, particularly in the case of priests. Reference: La Tolita and Palenque cultures.
"In his frantic, sublime quest to reinvent the boundaries of beauty in order to approach the spheres of the divine, the creator becomes a soothsayer poet. Esquisse d'une danse avec l'au-delà (Outline of a dance with the beyond) constantly plays out and re-enacts the primordial cosmogonies that celebrate man's communion with animal and plant creatures." René Daumal.
"The Jaguar man" ( limestone, 280h-80-80cm) created in 2017, as part of the "Galaxie des Pierres Levées" project in Crazannes (France), for the Lapidiales, on the theme of South American Amerindian
Tztzimime
"Tztzimime", (190h-80-80cm) 2017, Tepeji del Rio, Mexico, sculpture in local travertine. Female divinity from Aztec mythology.
Retour en Afrique
"Retour en Afrique" ( 190h-180cm wide) 2018, made in Laongo, Burkina Faso, on granite. Evocation of a fragmentary portrait half-mask half-woman, composed of bronze inlays in the eyes. To translate the deep connection to the continent, but also the question of roots, for people born of the exodus, the slave trade through the Caribbean or the Americas.
Crocodile Woman
"Crocodile Woman", (limestone, 240h-80-80) 2021, commune of Vix, Vendée ( France), sculpture for an art trail on the theme of vines and marshes. Metamorphosis between man and animal. A mythical world, but also paleontological research: less than 145 million years ago, at the same latitude, there was a completely different ecosystem, with 7 or 8 different varieties of crocodile. Climate variations called into question.
Sinuous hatching
"Sinuous hatching" (180h-180l-170p) 2021-2022. Ruschita marble, Masiuca, Romania. International marble sculpture symposium. A free, organic abstract model for the communion of peoples and peace. A kaleidoscope of form combinations, depending on the point of view.
Lambi Evolution
"Lambi Evolution" (Tuff bien ferme de Sainte-Anne, 250h-180l-150p cm, 2022), Guadeloupe. Guadeloupe's first stone sculpture symposium in the Caribbean. La Conque de Lambi, an aesthetic link between the different peoples and cultures of the Caribbean. The monumental sculpture is adorned with petrographs inspired by models from French Guiana, the Lesser and Greater Antilles, the Breton Neolithic, West Africa (scarifications, engravings on Ethiopian and Malian phallic steles) and Asian floral motifs (India).
The multiple past of the All-World thus engraved on the lambi conch shell becomes common: "to unite memories, to liberate them through each other, is to open the way to World Relation. (E. Glissant, Tous les jours de mai, 2008).
Sculpture symposium residency in Zimbabwe 2024,
with the participation of Rickson Zavare, Morgan Tago Tazvitya, Loraine Mamvura, Absheba Chidhawu, David Chinyama, Laïla Westergaard, Thomas Petit, et Erik Schwarzbart et Wiston Nyekete
Following the residency as well as the visit to different places of production and galleries, organization of the exhibition of our productions at the national gallery of Zimbabwe in Harare.
Production of two sculptures: “Free movement” in Green Opal Stone and “Authentic whitness” in Serpentine Spring Stone
International symposium on Laongo granite in Burkina-Faso, session 2024
Sculpture made in Laongo for the international symposium of the 2024 edition, in Burkina Faso.
“Cultural triangulation, rhizome”... 3 m 80 by 3 m 80. Granite and bronze, Atelier CPT and Co: bronzier team, Raymond Kabore, Laurent Tapsoba, Salif Nacoulma and Anna Touré...
This is a map of population movements around the world, with Africa, the root tree of humanity, at its center.
The sacred wood.
A map of the past and the present and the future...
Dreamed as a hope, placed under the sign of the resilience of the history of the past.
It is the desire to establish cultural bridges, with a view to constructive, free and equitable relations. For social cohesion!
Rhizome expansion in the triangular culture of the whole World...
It's the gathering to move towards more light...
CPT workshop…
Memory of the creation of the bronze with my Burkinabé colleagues.
Second participation in the Jardins du Divers symposium, at the Zevallos plantation in Guadeloupe, 2025
“The Doubout Spirit”
“The Doubout Spirit,” a sculpture carved directly from mahogany. A kind of totem or potomitan, simultaneously hermaphroditic, human, animal, and plant.
Bringing together forms inspired by several cultures, West and East African and ancestral Caribbean cultures, notably through the placement of the legs and feet in the ground, which gives the sculpture a sense of grounding.
The whole aspires to a certain dynamic of elevation and openness to the cosmos.
This representation contains ancestral facets yet is entirely contemporary.
This stems from my formal research, which aims to cultivate its own singularity in expression.
"The Doubout spirit" reflects an ancestral thought and memory in perpetual transformation…
This is the emergence of a new series, "The Revenants," which follows previous explorations (Free Movement, Totem, Authentic Witness)…
"CPT" Workshop… Sculptor Thomas Petit
Second project for the 2026 edition
"Totem for Peace"
"Pé là Totem!"
June 17, 2026
This vertical sculpture embodies a human dynamic that incorporates animal hybridization.
Its aim is to reconcile humanity with nature and the environment.
This totem serves as a *potomitan*—a central pillar—or an antenna, intended to maintain the balance of relationships between beings...
"In this desperate and sublime quest that drives him ceaselessly to reinvent the boundaries of beauty in order to draw closer to the divine spheres, the creator becomes a visionary poet. A sketch of a dance with the beyond, it endlessly reenacts primordial cosmogonies that celebrate the communion of man with animal and plant creatures."
René Daumal
Thomas Petit, "CPT" Studio...
Eastern Mediterranean – A work created for sculptor Bachir Hadji during the 2026 season at Les Lapidiales.
Artistic Approach:
In my work, I stage and externalize truths buried in my memory, presenting a multitude of situations and a host of elements from my own life and the world at large: donkeys, people, faces, and illegible script.
Over time, I have come to believe that art—with its paradoxes—leads back to almost nothing and yet to everything. I believe art is not merely about appearance; its essence lies in its hidden dimension. While it acknowledges reality, it invites a multitude of possible interpretations. It is not simply a matter of technical skill; behind every work, a host of intentions often takes shape. Visual artists and poets alike share something in common—something they seek out in the depths.
Project: Civilizations of the Eastern Mediterranean:
For this project, I draw upon the image of the pack donkeys that once transported silk from the Pacific Ocean to the Eastern Mediterranean via the Silk Road, as well as their role as agricultural work animals across the Mediterranean basin. They facilitated the growth of trade and the expansion of Mediterranean civilization. I also keep in mind migrants of all origins—battered by the waves—and the donkeys recently rescued from the Gaza Strip. These donkeys were transferred to Europe and arrived in Haute-Vienne on July 4th, after receiving veterinary care in Belgium. Currently, their main role involves entertainment and nature-related activities. I am very happy for them!
Thomas Petit sculptor
