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Léna Perraguin

  • Studio Impressif
  • Weaver
  • Amboise, France
  • Rising Star
Léna Perraguin Weaver
Contact
French, English
Hours:
By appointment only
Phone:
+33 625551588
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Transforming rye straw

  • • Léna adapts old techniques to current trends
  • • She embraces imperfections in her process
  • • She wants to re-humanise textiles

Following a career in the design industry, Léna Perraguin decided to open her own workshop to start her craft weaving business. After launching her studio in 2018, the graduate from Ensci-Les ateliers in Paris, signed her first natural linen solo collection for interior decoration. Her style ingeniously adapts the technique of arm weaving on a loom and various braiding techniques inspired by basketry and macramé to result in tailor made creations. She specialises in weaving and braiding French rye straw for interior decoration and packaging, taking inspiration from ancestral textile techniques of different cultures. Her work expresses the natural beauty of raw materials, revealing their true nature, strength, and sensitivity.

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Works

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Collaboration with Atelier George

The first green bottle is dressed with a handcrafted weaving in natural and black rattan and a small chain. The blue bottle is decorated with an artisanal weaving in cotton and small chains. This is a collaboration with Atelier George, designer and glass blowers.

Height 19 cm
Diameter 8 cm
Height 18 cm
Diameter 10 cm

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Collaboration with Atelier George

Random artisanal weaving in blue and black rye straw around a transparent spirits bottle. Collaboration with Atelier George, designer and glass blowers.

Length 12 cm
Width 5 cm
Height 20 cm

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Wall weaving

Wall weaving made on a hand loom. Natural linen yarns are woven with rye straw dyed in several shades of blue.

Width 70 cm
Height 100 cm

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