Installations

Au cours de mes 25 années de carrière dans l'architecture, j'ai travaillé avec des clients pour les aider à réaliser des environnements de rêve. Je conçois et crée des batiks en tant que mobilier personnalisé, éclairage ou écrans suspendus pour articuler et transformer un espace intérieur avec une brillance lumineuse et soyeuse.

Interior of a classical building with two large fluted columns with Corinthian capitals, a bench, and a tapestry hanging on the wall depicting trees and a landscape.
Living room with stone walls, wooden beams, and terracotta tile floor, featuring a hanging tapestry of a tree, a wooden table with a bowl and a small crate, and seating area with couches and chairs.

During my 25-year architecture career I worked with clients to help them realize dream environments.  I design and create batiks as custom furnishings, lighting, or hanging screens to articulate and transform an interior space with luminous, silken brilliance.

Le travail du bois et la menuiserie m'ont permis de m'éloigner d'une architecture institutionnellement isolée de l'acte de construire. J'ai été attiré par le travail traditionnel du bois japonais et j'ai passé des années à créer des écrans translucides et coulissants, appelés shoji. J'ai fabriqué certains d'entre eux dans une pureté artisanale. J'ai également conçu et construit des interprétations modernes des shoji, toujours dans le respect et la rigueur de l'artisanat.

A three-panel folding wooden room divider with a landscape painting of green hills and trees, placed beside a window with white curtains, on a tiled floor with a patterned rug, next to a wooden cabinet with a potted orchid on top.

Woodwork and carpentry were my path away from an architecture that was institutionally isolated from the act of building.  I gravitated to traditional Japanese woodworking, and I spent years creating translucent, sliding screens, called shoji. I made some of them in traditional, hand-crafted purity. I also designed and built modern interpretations of shoji, always with a respect and a rigor in the craftsman way.

View of a traditional Japanese-style wooden room with shoji sliding doors open to a lush garden.

Suite à mon expérience dans la fabrication de paravents shoji, j'ai maintenant développé des paravents en bois, appelés "Paralumes", qui comportent un batik de soie comme panneau central translucide. Un paralume personnalisé est une option lors de la commande d'un batik.

Following my experience making shoji screens I have now developed wood folding screens, called “Paralumes”, that feature a silk batik as a translucent center panel. A custom paralume is an option when commissioning a batik.

A three-panel wooden room divider with artistic landscape artwork, positioned on a tiled floor in front of a floral-patterned rug in a room with white walls and a curtain.
Woodworking workshop with wood pieces, hammer, chisel, and woodworking tools on a workbench, with a bandsaw and other power tools in the background.
Woodworking project in progress with large wooden frame assembled on a workbench in a workshop.
Close-up of a wooden bed frame with a metal hinge and a textile headboard, adjacent to a wall.

Soie, Lin et Noyer Massif

Je crée mes batiks en utilisant de la soie pure, avec différents types et épaisseurs correspondant à l'intention artistique d'une pièce ainsi qu'à sa destination architecturale. L'encadrement et l'installation de chaque batik sont conçus sur mesure avec des détails artisanaux.

I create my batiks using pure silk, with different types and thicknesses corresponding to the artistic intention for a piece as well as its architectural destination. The framing and the installation for each batik is custom designed with hand-crafted details.

Silk, Linen and Solid Walnut

Close-up view of a tabletop with a colorful, detailed textured artwork depicting a hand surrounded by abstract patterns, with a wooden border at the top and a plain wall in the background.
Close-up of a curtain hanging from a wooden rod mounted on a white textured wall.
A painting depicting a stone wall with grass and small yellow flowers at the base.
Close-up of a vintage popcorn machine with a glass display, a brown frame, and a wooden handle on the right side.
Close-up of a window with a wooden frame and a partially visible mottled blue and brown curtain.
Close-up of a sewing project with a pin securing fabric, with a person's hand holding the fabric. The fabric has a printed design with foliage, and the background is a textured grey surface.
A close-up of smooth, white satin fabric draped over a wicker surface.
Sewing machine stitching a fabric with a nature scene design on a wooden table in a room with a fan, a small table, and curtains in the background.

Les bordures ont des ourlets délicats, roulés à la main, pour un traitement subtil des bords qui s'harmonise avec la soie et la couleur.

The borders have delicate, hand-rolled hems, for a subtle edge treatment that is “of a piece” with the silk and color.

Offrant une translucidité douce et colorée, les batiks peuvent être suspendus librement dans un espace ou accrochés 12" devant un mur avec un éclairage indirect derrière eux. 

Interior of a room with white curtains, framed artwork on the wall, a large decorative tapestry of trees, and a potted plant on a black wrought iron stand.

Offering soft, colorful transluscence, batiks may be freely hanging in a space or hung 12” in front of a wall with indirect lighting behind them.