Clément Massier

French ceramicist Clément Massier, considered as one of the main creators of iridescence in ceramics, was born into a ceramics-producing family and took an early interest in the business. As early as age 12 he was focussed on the work of Gandolfo Gaetano, an employee of his family's, who introduced enamelling techniques to the Massier firm. After an extended period of study, work and travel, he re-located his part of the family firm to Golfe-Juan, Alpes Maritime, France, in 1884. There he began producing iridescent glazes from silver and copper oxide, influenced by Hispano-Moresque-influenced pottery in a smoky kiln, especially after the arrival Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer in 1887. Lévy-Dhumer both collected... more.