Kaaron
KAARON Studio is a French artist duo founded by Karine Applanat and Aron Nicolet. Working at the intersection of sculpture, collectible design, and functional art, their practice explores the relationship between drawing, material, and making through an intuitive and deeply contemplative approach. Guided by a shared fascination with craftsmanship and the timeless qualities of natural materials, they create sculptural works that balance artistic expression with functional purpose.
Through furniture, objects, and sculpture, Applanat and Nicolet seek to reveal the quiet poetry of material transformation. Their work embraces simplicity, unity, and the idea of transmission, inviting raw earth, stone, wood, and other tactile materials to become enduring forms that foster a lasting dialogue between object, space, and human experience.
Interview
– K: I was born in the south of France, in Provence, far away from the city.
– A: I was born in Geneva, half French, half Swiss.
– K: The family house full of antics and the beautiful time spent alone around magic.
– A: The smell of oil painting in the house and the feeling of the stone powder on my father’s arms.
– K: Yes, since I can remember.
– A: I was born around it.
– K & A: Meeting my soul mate.
We sit around with the cafe smell, then we think of an object that we would like to have around us. We start drawing with four hands, and then we discuss a lot, again and again… this process can last for a few days until our intuitions reach a synthesis. The result is always a combination of traditional and purist aspects that make us vibrate.
Morning coffee and talk talk / Silence in the workshop/nap / Silence in the workshop/observation / talk again.
A specific material catches our attention and brings images into drawings. Sometimes there is an alliance between some materials, but for sure it’s always a quest for timelessness. The balance is not to fall into an obvious aesthetic. ” Quite an adventure :).”
Assembly of materials.
Be sincere, authentic, and stick to it…
Time will tell.
George Nakashima.
Martin Szekely for its purist questioning.
Popular art for the Beauty of its sincerity.
The shared spirit with the designers with whom we bonded.
Axel Verwoordt / Peter Zumthor.
Architecture.
Be happy and don’t forget your dreams.
“The balance is not to fall into an obvious aesthetic. Quite an adventure.”
The Questions
(The Proust Questionnaire is a set of questions answered by the French writer Marcel Proust.
Other historical figures who have answered confession albums are Oscar Wilde,
Karl Marx, Arthur Conan Doyle, Stéphane Mallarmé, Paul Cézanne…)
K: Love
A: Live the present
K: Missing who you are
A: To be abandoned
K: Exteriorize
A: Impatience
K: Bad faith
A: Lies
K & A : My soul mate
K: Unconditional love for my husband!
A: To spend 24 hours a day with my wife!
K & A : To find the perfect space to work and live (not too expensive… like a miracle)
K: Listening
A: Sincerity
K & A: Sweetness
K: Sweetness
A: Integrity
K & A : Be faithful
K: The gift of ubiquity
A: To make no more spelling mistakes
K: Talk less
A: My feet
K: To be in peace
A: accept to be an artist
K: The little girl I used to be
A: A newborn
K & A: In a house attached to a cliff overlooking the Mediterranean Sea
K: Love
A: To be loved
K: Lie to yourself
A: Not live your dreams
K: Read books
A: Hedonism
K & A: Determination
K: questioning themselves
A: Kindness
K & A : The ones who are left to be discovered
K: Antigone
A: Gringo
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K & A: My soul mate and Human being, and the magic hands of the craftsmen
K: Super
A: Pouchout
K: The opposite of super
A: mess
K & A: No regrets
K: In peace
A: With the smile
K: « If I’m bruised, make me firm and undivided. May all creatures contemplate me with the eyes of a Friend; may I, may we all contemplate all things with the eyes of a Friend. » Indian wisdom
A: « Be yourself »
“A specific material catches our attention and brings images into drawings. It’s always a quest for timelessness.”
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Bron Anita
Such beautiful and sincere artists! I love them as human beeing and their work which reflect their personality and their beautiful and profound soul
Kaaron
Thank you Galerie Philia !!