Flood Necklace is a ceramic datasculpture representing the water heights of the Loire River in Orléans from 1800 to 2003, with each sphere corresponding to a recorded flood.

The spheres are made from local Loire Valley clay ("Terre du Fuilet") and commercial white stoneware, with the largest floods of 1856 and 1866 highlighted in white. These significant events influenced national land management policies, and subsequent flood heights and frequencies decreased as containment infrastructure improved.

Arranged chronologically into a necklace form, the sculpture embeds historical data into an object that is both tactile and visually expressive. The progression of sphere sizes reveals patterns of flood frequency and intensity over more than two centuries, making abstract data tangible.

By focusing on temporal data rather than traditional map-based representations, the work transforms environmental history into a physical narrative, inviting viewers to explore the dynamics of climate, infrastructure, and human adaptation over time.

This datasculpture exemplifies Anne-Laure’s exploration of embedding data into physical objects, turning historical environmental records into material forms that convey scale, pattern, and historical context.