Morgane Baroghel-Crucq

Weaver

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The language of textiles

Morgane borrows tools from other crafts
Her textile creations incorporate non-textile materials
She is currently developing a special loom with a textile engineer

Morgane Baroghel-Crucq explores the technique of weaving through an intuitive and sensitive process of experimentation. With absolute mastery of the horizontal and Jacquard loom, she develops new techniques from non-textile materials. Morgane sharpened her creative sensibilities by studying applied arts and completing a degree in Textile Design at the École Nationale de Création Industrielle in Paris. Strongly inspired by light, in its aesthetics but also in the different approaches it suggests, she naturally oriented her research towards metal materials. Morgane finds in metal a subtle language related to textiles. Her work is a constant research process, an endless exploration of weaving.

Interview

©Morgane Baroghel-Crucq

©Morgane Baroghel-Crucq

Why did you choose this career?: I am driven by the desire to research, even more than production; textile research with the loom as a tool. I'm not sure I 'chose' this career; it was just obvious. Today, getting in contact with other craftspeople convinces me it was the most beautiful road to follow!
What are your main sources of inspiration?: Light, for everything it creates: reflections, shadows, opalescence. It felt natural to turn to metal, as I wanted to explore its pure, cold brilliance. I am also inspired by the historical, philosophical and scientific aspects of light.
How would you describe your approach?: My approach is to find a textile answer to non-textile materials. Materials in the form of threads but diverted from their usual context. Materials that I will either create or transform to adapt them to the weaving technique. Here, materials are tamed through experimentation.
What was the first artwork you created?: A weaving of silk and stainless steel threads with silk-screen printing on the chain. It is an obvious piece. The sample, as well as the unique piece, still accompanies me today during my appointments.

Morgane Baroghel-Crucq is an expert artisan: she began her career in 2010