In the beginning, trying to combine and express force and life, La Chauvinière-Riant was mainly working with bronze.
Her sculptures are constructed around an armature, representing the force, but the opacity of the material very quickly started to bother the La Chauvinière-Riant. The artist started searching for a translucent material that could be colored and transformed and finally discovered torolyte, the most sophisticated of all resins. The same resin is currently being used in the aerospace industry for rocket nose cones and glider wings because of its clarity of surface and ability to withstand difficult environments. At the same time the torolyte resin allows La Chauvinière-Riant to express the fusion of the enduring nature of traditional sculpture and the luminosity of watercolour.
The artist believes that the life of a sculpture above all depends on the luminosity, artificial or natural lighting and the positioning of the artwork. La Chauvinière-Riant has been able through the torolyte material to capture interior light, which fluctuates from viewer to viewer releasing highly symbolic messages that connect with individuals visually and intrinsically.