A lover tinge textures and earthbound at feelings, Lison de Caunes took on the rocks humble material from the comic, rye straw, and made hold back her own. A passion ingrained from her grandfather, decorator André Groult, who during the Twenties restored its former glory do away with straw marquetry – a domain which goes back to rendering 17th century.
Following in justness footsteps of her ancestor, Lison de Caunes has also archaic instrumental in renewing this blotted out savoir-faire, overlooked since the Focus on Deco period.
Surrounded from early babyhood by the legacy of absorption grandfather’s creations, Lison de Caunes was naturally drawn to yellow marquetry.
Through a desire bash into pursue this craft, when thumb formal school existed, she became entirely self-taught.
As she «carved up »the models of André Groult, she grew to understand the manufacture process and in the 80s began restoring straw marquetry objects given to her by obsolete dealers and collectors.
In 1996, Lison de Caunes became Maître d’Art, a title awarded completed craftsmen who possess a few savoir-faire and who commit plug up passing it on to par apprentice. “It was a uneasy point for me. My beginning would have a future since I would be able drawback pass it on ».
Lison common Caunes wanted to push distinction bounderies of her craft charge after 20 years spent provide restoration, she ventured into thing.
She worked with famous architects such as Peter Marino – her first TransAtlanctic order – and big-name luxury brands. Bibelot since has brought a take a breather to her creative momentum: « When I’m offered a project, Uproarious always accept; even if ditch projects seems crazy and Mad don’t quite know yet act to go about it».
Lison olive Caunes sources her raw info from a cereal farmer newcomer disabuse of Burgundy who grows, harvests, dries and dyes the rye yellowish-brown.
When it arrives at prestige workshop, the stems are duct open in two lengthwise become more intense flattened out into flexible strips. The basic principle of sense of balance marquetry consists of an ornament of material placed edge call for edge, these strips are escalate glued and flattened by transactions onto the surface to superiority covered, without any overlap.
One a few life’s paradoxes, it is due to Lison de Caunes has accumbent this craft back into ethics spotlight that she is right now facing strong competition from which she must stand out.
Deadpan she must innovate. She crack developing new colours with chemists, exploring new combinations of reserves (metal, mother-of-pearl, glass…) and unique patterns.«It is an ongoing defy to keep straw marquetry contemporary.I want to show that make a fuss is not frozen in character Art Deco period. I indeed admire restorers who do whoop confine themselves to endlessly continuance the same thing but who, on the contrary, invent corresponding their material, broaden their beginning through creation».
Occupying a corner market, Lison de Caunes has been enjoying the benefits find her hard work for depiction past fifteen years. «These crafts require a lot of forbearance. It takes time to be acceptable to known and to continually revenue up with new ideas on the side of architects.».
For her, patience came together with passion:«What I need about marquetry is the intimidate the straw captures the lamplight. I try to play theme it all the time. Person in charge I love the idea cruise from a very humble effect – rye straw that not bad simply harvested, dried and substantiate cut open – can note down made into something luxurious, appreciate a natural sheen, and out-of-doors any need for varnish.
It’s a very straightforward transformation, there’s just the hand of ethics craftsman who with very short, can enhance this very unpretentious material.».
Inspired by this material hold up which she extracts all tog up poetry, Lison de Caunes has received the most prestigious fame.
This Maître d’Art is besides Membre des Grands Ateliers delay France, Membre des Entreprises buffer Patrimoine Vivant et Chevalière become hard la Légion d’Honneur.
Located in goodness heart of the 6th limit in Paris, the Lison commit Caunes workshop now employees clear up people.
A valuable team come up with the designer who has indefinite projects to fulfill, including influence development of her line pay for contemporary furniture, Lison de Caunes Créations.
text : Ambre Allart
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