Fabric

Another vein, another support, the fabric.

These are sometimes fabrics that have already been used, such as the rag used by a carpenter to make apply varnish.

I liked working on the contrast between the raw, aged look of the fabric and the more sophisticated look of the satin ribbons. An elegant corset shows itself unexpectedly.

I also degrade fabric deliberately, in baths of tea, coffee, earth and ink… I sometimes use shoe polish. It is then a question of following and underlining, by embroidery and stitches, the meanders of the spots that appear.

These are ‘Paysages’ (Landscapes), ‘Lucienne’.

Les chaises longues (the sun loungers) are in decanted linen. I made large baths of yellow dye. I took fabric, yarn, boiled wool, raffia, humming tape and mixed them all together . No synthetic material, which does not take colour.

I used the same yellow treatment for both ceremonial dresses.