Fire breather, ParisQuaranteQuatre
Fire, as a discipline.
17 years of inventing tricks and learning to control every flame. I teach it, and I put it to work for the camera.
A big flame is easy. A controlled one takes years.
Holding a sustain or making something huge isn’t enough. I train for control of every move: the length of the flame, how long it lasts, where it sits in space, the number of sprays, how fine the atomisation is. When the flame does what I decided, it’s because I meant it. Solo or with a crew, that control is what makes a great image and a safe show.
- Breath
- Movement
- Direction
- Sustain
Creations
Photo series, fashion, ads, music videos, films. On set I work as a “pyrographiste” (a French coinage: an artist who paints with flame): I design the fire with the photographer or director, from colours, sparks and powders to where every flame sits in the frame. Often I’m not even in the picture.
Learn
to breathe fire
For first-timers and for practitioners who want to go further: private lessons in Paris or wherever you are, solo or in a group, and workshops at conventions. We always start with water and air. Four levels, adults only.
- 01Safety, theory & first flames
- 02Application, refinement, movement
- 03Going further: group work
- 04Research & development
17 years
in pictures
Conventions, galas, urbex, photo shoots: a selection from my Instagram, credited to the photographers.
@44cracheurdefeu
Shows and workshops
Kyiv, Gomel, Uzhhorod, Lublin, Potenza, Rodemack, Bruges, the Phoenix Fire Convention and, at home, the Palais de Tokyo esplanade. Galas, workshops and fire jams, and at every festival the same fire family.
Full journey- 2025Gala showPhoenix Fire Convention
- 2022Artemisia Fire GatheringPotenza, Italy
- 2021–22Madame LoyalParis
- 2021Artemisia: workshop and festivalPotenza, Italy
- 2020Teaching through lockdownOnline and Rendez-vous Hoop
- 2019Phoenix Fire ConventionGermany
- 2019Artemisia Fire GatheringPotenza, Italy
Events
Galas, conventions, brands, wedding fire shows. Every project starts from the venue: ceiling height, audience, safety.
- 01Camera work: ads, music videos, shootsPyrographic effects tuned for the camera, with every flame placed for the frame. I always work from the photographer’s point of view.Product packshots · Music videos · Photo & video shoots
- 02Stage & gala showsAn act written for the stage and designed as a strong visual: tricks, movement, flame direction, colour. Solo or with a crew.Galas and conventions · Private events · Festivals
- 03Weddings & civil partnershipsA fire show to end the wedding reception, or a fire photobooth during the party.Closing show · Fire photobooth · The couple’s entrance
- 04Corporate & brandsA visual highlight for an opening, a launch or a brand event.Private views · Openings · Product launches
Let’s talk
fire.
A lesson, a shoot, a show? Send the date, the venue and the idea, and I’ll reply with a first technical assessment.