{"id":8686,"date":"2026-01-22T16:29:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T21:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lestroisbouleaux.ca\/our-artists\/louise-bousquet\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T16:30:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T21:30:03","slug":"louise-bousquet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lestroisbouleaux.ca\/en\/our-artists\/louise-bousquet\/","title":{"rendered":"Louise Bousquet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_2_5 2_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:40%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:4.8%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:4.8%;--awb-width-medium:40%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:4.8%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:4.8%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/lestroisbouleaux.ca\/en\/our-artists\/louise-bousquet\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"IMG_2904\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Porcelaine bousquet\" src=\"https:\/\/lestroisbouleaux.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_2904-225x300.jpeg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-8672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lestroisbouleaux.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_2904-200x267.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/lestroisbouleaux.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_2904-400x533.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/lestroisbouleaux.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_2904-600x800.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/lestroisbouleaux.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_2904-800x1067.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/lestroisbouleaux.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_2904-1200x1600.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/lestroisbouleaux.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_2904-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:60%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.2%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.2%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Louise Bousquet, ceramist<\/p>\n<p>After training in pottery making at the Institut des arts appliqu\u00e9s de Montr\u00e9al, Louise Bousquet set up fer first pottery studio in 1975.\u00a0 Her goal: to create something white.\u00a0 Louise has practiced her craft with passion for 30 years, innovating as she boldly pursues her quest for whiteness.\u00a0 \u00a0Her fine wheel-throwing and the harmony form and function found in her pieces soon attracted a clientele who has remained very loyal.<\/p>\n<p>Her determination and her quest for white took her all the way to Limoges in 1998. It was there that she studied the industrial process and materials involved in making fine porcelain and adopted them to her craft in her own way.\u00a0 It was also there that she met Guy Meynard, porcelain and mould maker, who has been instilling the spirit of porcelain in her ever since. Whit Guy and her spouse Fran\u00e7ois Godier, &#8220;fine technical thinker&#8221;, Louise founded Porcelaine Bousquet in 2002 according to the finest standards of porcelain-making.<\/p>\n<p>A collaboration with the artist\/comedian Cl\u00e9mence Desrochers produced a collection created from some of Cl\u00e9mence&#8217;s illustrations. Each piece is numbered.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling container-img\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:16.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:11.52%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:11.52%;--awb-width-medium:16.666666666667%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:11.52%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:11.52%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:5.76%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:5.76%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" alt=\"tasse espresso Louise Bousquet\" title=\"IMG_2894\" src=\"https:\/\/lestroisbouleaux.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_2894-225x300.jpeg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-8682\"\/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:5.76%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:5.76%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" alt=\"petits plateaux Louise Bousquet\" title=\"IMG_2895\" src=\"https:\/\/lestroisbouleaux.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_2895-225x300.jpeg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-8684\"\/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" 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style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-4 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" alt=\"vague avant Am\u00e9lie Pomerleau\" title=\"vague avant\" src=\"https:\/\/lestroisbouleaux.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/vague-avant-225x300.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lestroisbouleaux.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/vague-avant-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/lestroisbouleaux.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/vague-avant-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/lestroisbouleaux.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/vague-avant-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lestroisbouleaux.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/vague-avant-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/lestroisbouleaux.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/vague-avant-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/lestroisbouleaux.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/vague-avant-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:40px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:5.76%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:5.76%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:5.76%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:5.76%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--button_margin-top:10px;width:calc(100%);\" target=\"_self\" href=\"\/?product_cat=louise-bousquet\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Louise Bousquet, ceramist<\/p>\n<p>After training in pottery making at the Institut des arts appliqu\u00e9s de Montr\u00e9al, Louise Bousquet set up fer first pottery studio in 1975.\u00a0 Her goal: to create something white.\u00a0 Louise has practiced her craft with passion for 30 years, innovating as she boldly pursues her quest for whiteness.\u00a0 \u00a0Her fine wheel-throwing and the harmony form and function found in her pieces soon attracted a clientele who has remained very loyal.<\/p>\n<p>Her determination and her quest for white took her all the way to Limoges in 1998. It was there that she studied the industrial process and materials involved in making fine porcelain and adopted them to her craft in her own way.\u00a0 It was also there that she met Guy Meynard, porcelain and mould maker, who has been instilling the spirit of porcelain in her ever since. Whit Guy and her spouse Fran\u00e7ois Godier, &#8220;fine technical thinker&#8221;, Louise founded Porcelaine Bousquet in 2002 according to the finest standards of porcelain-making.<\/p>\n<p>A collaboration with the artist\/comedian Cl\u00e9mence Desrochers produced a collection created from some of Cl\u00e9mence&#8217;s illustrations. Each piece is numbered.<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-8 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:5.76%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:5.76%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3455,"featured_media":0,"parent":1687,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8686","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lestroisbouleaux.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lestroisbouleaux.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lestroisbouleaux.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lestroisbouleaux.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3455"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lestroisbouleaux.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8686"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/lestroisbouleaux.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8696,"href":"https:\/\/lestroisbouleaux.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8686\/revisions\/8696"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lestroisbouleaux.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lestroisbouleaux.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}