« Passion is a funny thing! It must be confessed, nobody has a natural pleasure to be exposed to such temperatures, to take a 1000° piece of glass in the palm of the hand, the skin simply isolated by a wet newspaper, or swinging loads of 15kg at the end of a cane. I became cautious in exercising a profession of fire but the flame of my passion still burns the same. Even more than yesterday».
Patrick Crespin.

Coup de foudre.
Passionate about graphic arts, from 73 to 77 Patrick Crespin follows art courses in the famous Estienne School in Paris. He spends his spare time in the Library of Arts and Crafts where he discovered the art of glass making. It was a revelation: he will become glass maker.
Therefore, in 1977 he joins in the Souvigny crystal making factory, with the lowest grade of the companionship of glass makers. A year later he left the company with the title of blower. Then, for 3 years, he increases the knowledge and techniques of his craft in the new studio of Alain Guillot. 6 months in Canada, in a glass factory specialized in the manufacture of glasses, finishes his training. In 1980, he switches on his own kiln in a factory near Limoges, where he produces mostly glassware. In 1985, he opened a larger workshop at Bessines-on-Gartempe, with 4 companions, and specializes in manufacturing Art Nouveau lightings of high quality. In paralel he learns the acid etching technique and becames an expert in restoration of antiques. His expertise allows him to create using a technique called "Graal" (decorating in the mass of glass).

Prestigious customers.
Being near Limoges, the Mecca of porcelain and enamel, Patrick Crespin becomes interested in these arts of fire. He experiments mixing different matters and produces art glass with enamel for renowned clients: Pierre Cardin, Maxim's, Crazy Horse, Perrier Jouet, Regine ....
In 1997 he gains a great success in the US with his series "Nymphéas", boxes of glass in the shape of fruits and vegetables. Since then, major American galleries present his collections: Corning, Gump's, ...
In 2006, Patrick Crespin began creating a resolutely contemporary collection, full of bright colors and transparencies: "Chrysalide".

Inspiration.
Curious and adventurous at heart, Patrick Crespin has traveled abroad to meet foreign peoples for the last 20 years. He canoed down rivers around the world and explored impenetrable places : Great Canadian North, New Guinea, Mongolia ...
Trips that are a source of inexhausted inspiration. Thus, his latest collection "Chrysalide", which reveals a deep love of the wilderness owes much to his recent discoveries in the depths of Siberia ...