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AMÉLIE DAUTEUR – "ATSUKO" Marble

AMÉLIE DAUTEUR – "ATSUKO" Marble

2025
11/12
Painted ceramic on a marble base
Height: 34 cm

Atsuko is a Japanese feminine given name built from two parts. The suffix ko (子) means "child" — a word so commonly woven into women's names in Japan that it has become almost a whisper of tenderness, an eternal softness. It is the atsuthat shifts and breathes: it can be written as 温, meaning "warmth," as 篤, meaning "deep sincerity," or as 敦, meaning "honesty." The same sound, multiple souls.

To be named Atsuko is to be named after an interior quality — not appearance, not lineage, but the texture of a heart. Warm. Sincere. True.

With this totem, Amélie Dauteur turns inward. ATSUKO does not announce itself loudly. It stands as an invitation — to look closer, to feel the heat that radiates not from surface but from depth, the kind of warmth that asks nothing in return.

A child of sincerity. A figure made of the inside of things.
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"Okashi, Hosu, Niji, Taboo, Torio — each a charming name forming a forest of totems created by Amélie Dauteur.Amélie Dauteur’s totems are poetic exclamation marks that punctuate the art scene with their grace, finesse, and joyful beauty. It comes as no surprise — their creator, who comes from the world of decoration, fashion, and luxury, brings exceptional care to their making. Her gesture is assured, her technique refined, and in her choice of materials — hand-painted ceramics or wood shaped by time — nothing is left to chance. These elements, drawn from nature, reinforce the primal and sensual character of the totems."

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