Hi, I'm Joelle Rosalie Baya

Welcome to my creative world! Every piece of art you see on my website is lovingly made by me.

My journey began at the Mahatma Gandi Institute where I studied to be a teacher and later on completed my Masters degree in Visual Arts. I’ve been teaching for decades, a path that shaped my artistic vision and my love to transmit my art knowledge.

Today, I split time between teaching at the Loreto College of Quatres-Bornes and giving workshops in collaboration with different institutions such as Créa’Terre.

In my artistic practice, I use rather simple and common craft techniques, such as quilting, weaving combined with printmaking which I adapt without applying all the strict rules because all depends on the materials used in direct connection with the textile, and by trying to combine techniques and materials.

This way of proceeding can give the feeling that the work resides in a bricolage, but yet in a skillful way. In all of these achievements, it is a matter of proceeding little by little, piece by piece, by repeating gestures specific to the artisanal techniques used. I choose to perform this repetitive gesture, to carry out fairly significant work, which therefore requires patience, long, daily work; and lead me to reflect on the temporality of my creation. In craft activity head, heart and hands are brought into a particular relationship with each other.

Join me on this journey of discovery and connection through art.