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[IRIS DROUET]
Linen tow, wool, hand-spun wool, lanolin. The technique involves two hand-sewn pieces arranged symmetrically in a mirror image, created from a single-selvedge warp—a method derived from Malagasy ritual textiles. Selvedges are found in many cultures, from Indonesia to Peru. A one-of-a-kind piece, entirely handmade.
Iris Drouet explores modernist icons of architecture throughtextile abstraction.Pieces are informed by the primitive sources behind early modernism, the one that took its purity of lines from folk arts, a hidden fact illustrated by the beautiful collection of folk and antique rugs and textiles present in the collections of masters and artists at the Bauhaus in its early years. All the pieces are handwoven by the artist on her wooden looms. From her background in architecture, space and materials dialogue to shape the final piece, handwoven in the atelier. Processes vary according to the very production of a piece : handspun wool, linen or site-specific materials may be involved in its making.
ARTIST
Iris Drouet
MATERIAL
Linen, wool
ORIGIN
Italy
DIMENSIONS
H 58 cm × L 73 cm (H 47.24″ × L 36.22″)
DATE
2024
For inquiries and bespoke requests, please contact us.
[IRIS DROUET]
Linen tow, wool, hand-spun wool, lanolin. The technique involves two hand-sewn pieces arranged symmetrically in a mirror image, created from a single-selvedge warp—a method derived from Malagasy ritual textiles. Selvedges are found in many cultures, from Indonesia to Peru. A one-of-a-kind piece, entirely handmade.
Iris Drouet explores modernist icons of architecture throughtextile abstraction.Pieces are informed by the primitive sources behind early modernism, the one that took its purity of lines from folk arts, a hidden fact illustrated by the beautiful collection of folk and antique rugs and textiles present in the collections of masters and artists at the Bauhaus in its early years. All the pieces are handwoven by the artist on her wooden looms. From her background in architecture, space and materials dialogue to shape the final piece, handwoven in the atelier. Processes vary according to the very production of a piece : handspun wool, linen or site-specific materials may be involved in its making.
ARTIST
Iris Drouet
MATERIAL
Linen, wool
ORIGIN
Italy
DIMENSIONS
H 58 cm × L 73 cm (H 47.24″ × L 36.22″)
DATE
2024
For inquiries and bespoke requests, please contact us.
