Trained at the Atelier de Sèvres in Paris and the École des Beaux-Arts in Casablanca, Carole Schoettel's work has been shaped by decades of travel — Morocco, West Africa, the Balkans, Greece, Turkey. Each place left a mark. Her paintings use gold leaf and engraved traces and explore memory, presence, and the passage of time.
Nil studied graphic design and cabinetmaking before a life of travel — first backpacking, then by van. In 2021, he and his best friend restored a sailboat, Django, and sailed it across the Atlantic. In the Azores, an old captain taught him wood carving, and it never left him.
Django became his floating workshop. Arriving in Saint Barthélemy, he traded his knife for a chainsaw and angle grinder, scaling up his craft. Sculpting is now his meditation — every piece carries that same care.