Léa & Nicolas
- Apr 28, 2025
- 1 min read
Updated: Mar 30
We are Léa Behr and Nicolas Hoang. In 2016 we started léa & nicolas with a simple idea — to try to make a living with our hands, together. a studio built by two, grown from the life we share. a childhood in alsace, a childhood in vietnam, one first in class, one a dreamer, one rooted, one an immigrant — nothing to bring us together at first. Those differences shaped everything: moving to Montreal together in 2010, choosing the artisan life and ceramics.
We work red stoneware like porcelain. honouring its raw nature while reaching for refinement. Our ceramics are brutalist in their restraint and naturalist in their materiality. doing more with less, something precious from very little. not much in the way of means, but a lot of time and persistence.
Everything is made in our studio in Bedford, Quebec. We work across several techniques — wheel throwing, hand building, coiling, slip casting — all in service of exploring form and texture. Every object looks for a balance between what it is and what it does.
Trained in applied arts, craft, architecture, and graphic design. before ceramics: architectural plans, interactive installations, graphic identities. Paths that converged — and all of it ends up in the work.
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