Louise Amel is a french contemporary textile artist based in Brittany.
Her work explores composition, rhythm, and the interplay of colors and materials.
Each piece is conceived as a singular creation, what she calls “Tissu Bijou” (Fabric Jewel) embodying refined materiality and presence.
Photo by Gaspard David
I have always lived near the water.
The sea is one of my greatest sources of inspiration: its calm and its fury, the rhythm of its waves,
its brilliance.
Jamila taught me the technique of weaving.
Nature is at the heart of my creative work, guiding both my vision and the materials I use. Which I mix with subtle or extravagant artifice. As a child, my mother used to say I was like a magpie, attracted to anything shiny. I collected treasures found on the street or in nature, even if they were just pieces of metal or plastic.
Eight-handed weaving, Ivy branches and roots, blue woolToday, I continue to collect and gather treasures. Sometimes these are materials that could be described as poor or non-noble, but when combined with others and reworked through rhythm and colour, they reveal themselves to be unique and special.
I really enjoy spending time in recycling centres, where I find fibres that have already lived a life, discarded from a cupboard before being donated. They carry their own memory, which escapes me. That’s where imagination comes in.