Real and beautiful, that's the trend in decoration. Between traditional know-how and innovation, wool is finding new uses and diversifying with art.
Long confined to fashion, and considered too rustic for chic interiors, wool is enjoying a resurgence of interest in design, driven by the dynamism of wool industry professionals. Created in 2009 in Felletin, the Lainamac association works to promote wool. Its showroom has seen a growing number of interior designers and decorators come and go over the past three years, particularly during the last Paris Design Week. The evolution of our society towards the consumption of local, eco-responsible products, with guaranteed traceability, has indeed accelerated with the Covid-19 epidemic, as confinement has encouraged the French to spend more on improving their living environment. Wool is a comforting material that satisfies the desire to curl up inside. Standardized decoration, even if luxurious, is less popular. The trend towards authenticity and hand-made products is benefiting wool, a noble material whose advantages are being discovered by professionals. Insulating, hygroscopic and fire-resistant, wool can be fashioned in a multitude of ways, opening up a whole new range of uses. The creator of Luxdawn, Lyse Drouaine, has noted that wool - willingly mixed with other fibers - is increasingly present at the Filo trade show in Milan, dedicated to textiles. She herself weaves wool with silk, cotton and linen yarns, interwoven with optical fibers to create luminous panels. She is now seeking to combine them with acoustic insulation properties. But innovation also lies in the combination of different skills. For example, Ghislaine Garcin plays with textures, combining knitwear and felt to create her small collections of objects and rugs. Using the Nuno Silk technique, Laurine Malengreau creates wall decorations in wool and silk, combining all types of fabric to create material and transparency effects reminiscent of abstract paintings. The illusionist work of wool is also expressed in the vases of Jenny Braeckman, founder of Mö créations feutrées. Sculpted from felt and stiffened by starching, they have the transparency of porcelain cookie. From tradition to art, wool opens up a world of possibilities.
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By Sophie Reyssat