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i. experiences

working with wild clay — a way to slow down, reconnect with the hands.

Each experience is guided personally and moves between conversation, material exploration, shaping, and fire.

Some people come during moments of transition. Others come out of curiosity for the material, or for the experience of shaping earth and seeing what emerges.

* No previous experience with clay is needed.

01

A space to land.

one session · 2 hours

A guided one-on-one session in my studio in Todos Santos.

We work slowly with wild clay collected in the desert of Baja California Sur, moving between touch, conversation, gesture, and form.

I follow what asks for attention, offering gentle observations and thoughtful questions as the process unfolds.

Some sessions stay playful and light. Others open deeper reflection or moments of clarity. Each one takes its own shape.

$150 USD English · Spanish · French
is it time to slow down?
02

A deeper dialogue through clay.

a longer process · 6 sessions · 18 hours

A one-on-one process moving from collecting clay to finished form.

Across six sessions, we gather clay in nature, prepare it by hand, shape pieces, and accompany them through fire.

The process follows the rhythm of the material itself — collecting, resting, building, refining, firing. Usually experienced across six weeks, though timing can be adapted.

Designed for people wanting to engage more deeply with process, rhythm, and continuity.

$900 USD 18 hours total
ready to get your hands dirty?
03

A return to presence, together.

2–3 people · ~3 hours

Custom experiences for small groups, friends, couples, or family members.

These sessions are more collective and can be shaped around the people participating — a shared creative moment, a slower afternoon together, or a meaningful transition being marked through making.

by request English · Spanish · French
who would you bring?
Salomé Le Lay
Salomé Le Lay
about me

I come from design and creative direction.

In 2021, my life took a big turning point.

I began accompanying people through moments of deep transition and transformation. Over the years, I developed a focus on integration work and continue to do so today.

At the same time, clay entered my life as an anchor.

What began as a personal relationship with the material slowly evolved into a practice shaped by the environments I was living in — collecting wild clay, working with raw materials, and creating through what the land itself had to offer.

Clay also became a way to express what was moving internally through form, gesture, and volume — allowing things to emerge in three dimensions, without needing to fully control them.

— Salomé

Read more from me on Substack.

ii. collections

small families of pieces, each one holds a different ground.

i.

quiet companions

Small pieces made to be held, to be touched, to stay close to the hands. They bring you back into yourself.

Wild clay gathered across Baja California Sur and shaped slowly by hand. Each one carries a different ground.

i companion · lead piece
ii pescadero · 12 × 13
iii la torre · 13 × 14
iv sierra · 11 × 12
v lecho · 14 × 15
vi pacífico · 10 × 11
vii cardón · 13 × 14
viii salobre · 12 × 12
ii.

valle

Wild clay gathered in the mountains of Valle de Bravo and the State of Mexico, mixed with sand from the coast of Brittany, where I grew up in France.

Hand-built, stone-burnished, wood-fired. A collection shaped through experimentation, presence, and transformation. Cracks, smoke imprints, and traces left by the firing remain visible as part of the process.

i cardón · large
ii vertical
iii vessel
iv detail

Some pieces presented here are available, and I also occasionally create commissioned pieces in conversation with the person or space they are meant for.

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iii. contact

curious?

About a piece, the studio, or an experience.

studio

Todos Santos
Baja California Sur
México

languages

English
Spanish
French