Thanks to a programmed system, this organic design gives equal importance to the micro and the macro, presenting the skin as a living landscape that interacts with its environment. In the absence of ultraviolet light, the landscape depicted is calm, bright and peaceful. The colour properties of the white thread used to give this sensation of calm vary according to the UV index. This white, satin-finish thread translates the variations by browning until it becomes completely purple when directly exposed. Like the metamorphosis of the Clytie nymph, this variation in colour occurs gradually and subtly. For people looking at the piece to perceive these variations, they need to look at it over a long period of time, or come back to it several times. Colorimetric transformation then reveals a wide range of readings. It highlights the variations that make up the landscape with which we are constantly interacting.

 

 

This jacquard weave is part of the Éveil aux ultraviolets diploma project, supported by the DECATHLON / Ecole des Arts Décoratifs Eco-Design and Creation Chair and the Banque des Territoires Groupe Caisse des Dépôts.

Produced in the EnsAD weaving lab with the precious help of Isabelle Richard, Orsina Visconti and Roland Schär.