Our Featured Artisans of Provence

In the Atelier with Provence Textile Artist, Aurore Pélisson

In the Atelier with Provence Textile Artist, Aurore Pélisson

This season’s featured Artisan of Provence™ comes from the historic city of Avignon. We are pleased to announce a fabulous collaboration is underway featuring exclusively designed silk textiles from Aurore Pélisson, of Hape, for both our Autumn Luxe Provence Blush and Mediterranean Gold curations, as well as, for our boutique. 

 Aurore Pélisson graduated from the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, France in 2009, specializing in textile design. Upon graduation, Aurore moved to London, where she worked on several high-profile artistic collaborations, including an installation for the Hackney Wicked Festival of contemporary art.

In 2011, she returned to her birthplace in Provence of Avignon. She was asked to exhibit her large format silk textiles in the historic Eglise du Couvent des Celestins at the Parcours de l’Art in 2013. The Celestine Church is located in Corps-Saints Square and was constructed under the orders of Clement VII in 1389. In parallel, she also launched her own brand, HAPE, with the mission of designing and creating unique textile pieces of art working with natural methods, dyes and materials.

We will feature one of Aurore’s couture silk pieces in our upcoming Autumn Luxe Provence curations. We went behind-the-scenes with Aurore this week in her Avignon atelier to discover more about her design process, inspiration and methods on how she creates her beautiful silk works of art.

 

All of the color dyes Aurore uses for her textile art is made from plant roots, leaves and even pomegranates from her grandmother’s Provence garden. Her beautifully organic, patterned prints are created by impressing the elements themselves into the carefully tinted fabric. For example, the reddish colors and patterns (picture above and below) were created from the roots of the garance plant, a pesky and sticky Provence weed that she integrates into her design. Truly a stunning example of finding the beauty in everyday living things.

aurore pelisson artisans of provence silk sustainable design plant based inks 

Part of our passion is to discover and promote local talented artisans like Aurore, and integrate sustainable design practices into our curations and Luxe Provence product lines to share with you. We hope you are as excited as we are to discover Aurore’s exclusively created silk creations in our Luxe Provence Autumn season curations.

We will feature one of Aurore’s couture silk tunique pieces as a hero option in our new V1: Mediterranean Gold: Climb Aboard curation, our latest subscription featuring a resort wear inspired collection. Or receive one of her exclusively created surprise home textile pieces available in our V9: Autumn Impressions – Luxe Provence Blush Subscription. Two opportunities to experience the beautiful and painterly world of silk textile design by this talented Provence Artisan and Designer.

Be sure to order your curation quickly, last season’s V8 limited edition collection sold out very quickly!

(Update: the Autumn V9 Curation is now sold-out... check out our boutique for her online collection.)