Textiles
I have a very special connection to textiles. They appeal to our sense of touch, not just tactile but also visual. Our fingers and our eyes are engaged and intertwined. Sounds are important too: the rustling, the pleating, the sputtering start-up of the sewing machine. I love the smell of freshly laundered and ironed clothes. As a child, I used to "amuse" myself by emptying newly organized wardrobes to roll around in the clean laundry. My mother was much less amused! Even today, I can't live without this affection for fabrics, bits of thread, weaving, and other sewing elements. It's not a very widespread practice in France, yet it deserves to be more widely promoted. I find it very comforting, cozy, and enveloping. Like a physical invitation to a journey within oneself.
Dawns and Dusks
Knitting on a colored background, framed in a shadow box.
25 x 31 cm, 2024
Cosy Fan Tutti
Additional dressing rooms for indoor or outdoor use,
fantastic for understanding nature,
structures made of powder-coated galvanized steel
custom-made festive textile covers,
lined, fastening ties and openings,
three different sizes, 2013
The Champsecretoise
Height 187 cm, base on the ground 125 x 125 cm,
entrance door 59 x 125 cm
La Champsecretoise bis
Height 187 cm, base on the ground 125 x 125 cm,
entrance door 59 x 125 cm
The In-Between
Height 225 cm, base on the ground 165 x 165 cm,
entrance door 60 x 165 cm
The Great Bear
Height 254 cm, base on the ground 200 x 200 cm,
entrance door 57 x 200 cm
Floral jellyfish
Three metal structures topped with custom-made textile covers
with ribbons and fastening ties, they flutter gaily in the wind.
textile covers for the air, made from cotton, loose-leaf fabric, tulle and recycled ribbons,
allow for a stroll through the human-sized ribbons
Place on loose soil (earth, sand or gravel)
April Freshness
Textile brooches, petals and buttons, approximately 7 cm in diameter, 2013
Dragonfly Brooches
Quilted bias binding, sewn and mounted on pins, approximately 10 cm, 2012
The Trees in their finest attire
Artistic touches in the orchard of the Maison de la Pomme et de la Poire (House of Apples and Pears) created as part of the season opening and event.
"A Day in the Orchard", 2010
Four specimens of 'high-stem' apple and pear trees
were chosen to wear 'custom-made' finery
between haute couture bark and whimsical totem.
An unexpected way to surprise the visitor
and to showcase the richness of our orchard.
Textile strips stapled to wooden forms strapped around the trunk
Let our friends who defend nature be reassured:
No specimen was directly nailed!
"I love trees"
A nod to our Japanese neighbors who are also actively celebrating the flowering season
of their trees, especially cherry trees
Small pink hearts on a lilac background and an obi belt in a jewel-like style
"Dream Tree"
Come closer and listen closely...
This tree sometimes speaks.
He also makes dreams come true.
Or maybe I drank too much cider!
Ombre and sheer ribbons
(facilitating dream absorption)
"A tribute to our grandmothers"
The blouse reminds me of the delicious smells of cooking.
those of jams and tarte Tatin...
The appreciation for simple pleasures that my grandmothers passed down to me
Alternative title: "Picnic Outfit"
Alternating cotton bands and blouses with picturesque patterns
"Corseted Tree"
- A touch of duchess, a hint of couture. But definitely not stuffy!
- Yes, of course, we have that in store!
This tree asked me for a cheeky, slightly frivolous outfit.
to better attract bees and have beautiful fruit.
A corseted panel of ribbons and a frilly jabot
We hope it works out for him!
Flat dolls
Knitted dolls, scoubidou style, approximately 20 cm, 2009
Picture dolls
Knitted dolls, vignettes, approximately 30 x 30 cm, 2008
Landscapes of the Marsh
Burnt, embroidered, and repainted fabrics, 33 x 43 cm, 2005
"Landscapes of the Marsh"
Graduation project
Grand-Hazé Marsh, BRIOUZE (61)
It's a whole world on earth
with its light, enveloping and mysterious
Its stillness, its imperceptible lapping,
and its rising vapors in the cool shade of the shores
Where the rushes stand proudly in long, dark green stems
where the grasses move silently like the winds
Metamorphoses of Impatient Lines
ready to run, to spread, to finally meet there
A landscape to be viewed on tiptoe
with its settled inhabitants, its passing travelers,
where a caterpillar sometimes comes to graze
Auroras of the Marsh
Foam yarn, cotton, wool, details, approximately 25 x 25 cm, 2004
Riverbanks
Foam yarn, cotton, wool, silk, details, approximately 25 x 25 cm, 2004
