All over motifs: placed, repeated, all over, offset, mirrored. Colors too: nuanced, in one bath, two baths, three baths. Folds, tied, heated textiles, then spray, splatch and brush strokes.
During this week, participants will go on a journey to meet the motif in all its forms. Present in our daily lives, from clothing to housing, sometimes discreet, sometimes bold, the motif will be explored at large scale and this practice will be extended in various directions.
In this workshop, students will draw inspiration from a natural dye palette, from the history of the motif and its colors, or from examining the relationships between textile art and design, art and craftsmanship, image and décor. With hands plunged into the pots and pans, they will explore living, organic textile dyeing techniques, sometimes twisting them. They will practice a reasoned, local, and seasonal approach to the rable, and discuss its potential applications in the field of design.
The overall impressions, productions, and experiments of the week will culminate in the creation of a soft architecture made from the haphazard assembly of the realized motifs. Participants will invent what is said or transmitted behind this tent-cabana-tunnel-railings. Today's drawings will be interwoven with historical motifs—from the chicken foot to stripes, from Jouy to Vichy*. Each participant will leave with a printed piece ready to be transformed all over and over.
*Proper name associated with certain motifs.
The evaluation is based on participation in the five days of the workshop and on the degree of active engagement of the student.