was a musical instrument with its own special possibilities and style. For example, with the series DAEMONES, I combine tubular weaving and broche (brocade) creating a triple weaving structure with a light catching layer woven into a tubular structure. Dried herbs are brocaded in the tube and are kept in suspension by the open grid of the tubular weave. In terms of style, I crossover between minimalism, graphic, ethnic and a sense of nature. Daks: You have won quite a lot of awards, can you tell me a bit about those? CT: Grand prix de la Creation was a great recognition of my work because I was competing against fashion designers. I was an outsider in the competition. But the jury was
convinced by the fact that I was showing another view on textile creation, using unknown techniques and expressive weaves. The Henry Van de Velde prize was awarded for the collection called Nuée, which was the result of a great and long collaboration with a Belgium manufacturer called Verilin. The work was based on an idea of light and color shades creating a poetic and new idea for home textiles. Daks: And what of the future? CT: After years dedicated to weaving for craft and for industry and also teaching weaving, I want to focus on the production of art pieces allowing me to reach a symbolic level of my practice, considering weaving technique as a primary language, a source of invention.
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