Un vent de douceur

The exhibition “Un vent de douceur” brings together fourteen creators for a sensitive and contemporary exploration of the world of crafts and craftsmanship. Stoneware, porcelain, wood, textiles, feathers, glass, leather, calabash, precious threads and light become the mediums for an intimate dialogue between material, gesture, technique and emotion.

Through their distinctive artistic worlds and highly skilled craftsmanship, each creator reveals the beauty of handmade work and the richness of materials. Combining patience, precision and imagination, the works on display invite visitors to slow down their gaze and discover the poetry hidden in the smallest details. The exhibition also highlights committed approaches, rooted in local territories and attentive to transmission, resources and sustainability.

At the crossroads of tradition and contemporary creation, “Un vent de douceur” celebrates living, evolving crafts, where materials become a truly sensitive language.

An invitation to discover unique gestures, techniques and creative worlds, shaped with passion and delicacy. We invite you to discover the creators brought together for this exhibition: Alistair AYNSCOMBE-DANHIEUX, Nathalie BANOS, Béatrice BRUNETEAU, Anaïs CHESNEAU, Lucia FIORE, Agnès KLEFSTAD – Agnès K., Alexandre LABRUYÈRE, Sophie LEMOALLE BERTHOLON – La cartablière, Muriel LOVO – Loupmana By Lovo Muriel, Emmanuelle MANCHE, Sarah MORIN, Belinda POLLARD, Irene REYES MESA – Beira Glass and Coralie SARAMAGO.

For as long as she can remember, Nathalie Banos has been “immersed” in textiles.

A precious craft passed down from generation to generation, textile art is her legacy.

She creates textile pieces—cushions, textile objects, table linens, wall hangings, and upholstery fabrics—to be enjoyed day after day, bringing a touch of poetry to the simple gestures of everyday life. The floral patterns, created digitally from her photographs, bring her imagined gardens to life and invite us to contemplate what she calls “the beauty of small things,” with textiles produced and printed in the Vosges and Alsace.

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Trained as an architect, Béatrice Bruneteau turned to ceramics after 15 years in the corporate world, finding in it a way to deeply connect material and nature. Trained in Sèvres in 2004, she develops her work with stoneware and porcelain in her studio, collaborates with artists and brands, and shares her expertise.

Internationally recognized and exhibited, her work draws inspiration from landscapes and the mineral world. Rich in textures and nuances, her sculptures bear the marks of the material’s transformations and evoke erosion, memory, and the fragility of life. The series « Veilleurs de l’Aube » embodies silent presences, somewhere between face and stone, inviting a sensitive introspection.

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Anaïs Chesneau is a craftsperson and textile artist specializing in natural dyeing. Trained as a costume designer in Paris, she rounded out her education with numerous trips to India.

In 2022, she settled in a village in the Indian Himalayas and launched a project to promote local wool through the lens of color. She divides her time between creating dye designs, sourcing materials, and collaborating with the village’s female weavers. In 2026, she co-founded Shankh Dhura Woolcrafts, a studio dedicated to wool processing and natural dyeing. Her textile pieces offer a glimpse into the rebirth of this wool through the colors that enrich it.

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Lucia Fiore creates contemporary feather art centered on “feather marquetry.” Her technique involves selecting, gluing, trimming, and then rearranging feathers on supports, minimalist paintings, or jewelry. Large feathers are trimmed to refine their quills, treated individually with steam, and then shaped before being glued in place with a scalpel and white glue.

She also uses a CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machine to precisely machine supports made of fine woods, particularly for her jewelry. Her work combines artisanal craftsmanship, precise control of movement, and respect for natural materials. Through traceability and a genuine ethical approach, she enhances the meaning and preciousness of each creation.

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For more than 10 years, Agnès K. has been revealing the beauty of wood through contemporary sculptures crafted entirely by hand. By pushing the limits of the material, she creates delicate wooden lacework where strength and fragility converge. Inspired by the plant world, light, and movement, her works invite a sensitive contemplation of nature.

Each sculpture highlights the unique story of the wood and celebrates the subtle balance between technical mastery and emotion.

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A graduate of the École Boulle and a former industrial designer, Alexandre Labruyère combines structural precision with high-quality craftsmanship in his Lille-based workshop.

His signature style explores the tension of lines, minimalism, and visual lightness to create sculptural furniture designed with functionality in mind. Committed to environmental responsibility, he works exclusively with local solid woods from the Hauts-de-France region (oak, ash, and sycamore). A winner of the Homo Faber Guide award, his meticulous work—exemplified by the off-center turning of the Érosion collection—has already captivated major galleries and been included in the collections of the Mobilier National.

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After several years working for a luxury fashion house, Sophie Lemoalle Bertholon founded La Cartablière in 2012, a handmade leather goods company based in the Tarn region. The brand designs colorful, functional leather accessories with sequins, crafted to last.

Today, her creations are crafted in the workshop, where every step of the process is meticulously controlled. Committed to local and responsible production, La cartablière is certified “Origine France Garantie” and bears the “Fabriqué en Occitanie” label—two distinctions that highlight its craftsmanship, regional roots, and commitment to “Made in France.”

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A ceramic artist with a degree in Fine Arts, Muriel Lovo opened her studio in 2015 after a career change. She works with porcelain to express the fragility of nature, creating unique pieces featuring lace-like patterns and woven cocoons that blend traditional craftsmanship, innovation, and poetry. The complexity lies in constructing each piece in a single step by weaving a porcelain thread to form perfectly round cocoons that retain their shape even at high temperatures.

Furthermore, her studio is committed to sustainable practices : recycled materials, short supply chains, rainwater harvesting, and energy efficiency. She also shares her craft through workshops for adults and young people, as well as school outreach programs.

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After studying ceramic art at ENSAAMA (National School of Applied Arts and Crafts) under Christophe Bonnard and Grégoire Scalabre at Art et Technique Céramique, stoneware became Emmanuelle Manche’s medium of choice.

She loves this clay—its suppleness and its strength. She loves to imprint a mark on it that brings it to life and creates a graphic texture inspired by grains of wheat, an animal’s fur, or its plumage.



She makes the most of this material’s potential with a range of functional pieces rooted in formal tradition yet given a contemporary twist through cutting and engraving techniques. She treats each piece as unique, authentic, true, and sincere.

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Sarah Morin handcrafts unique lamps from calabash gourds grown and processed in France. At the intersection of fine craftsmanship, design, and sculpture, her eco-friendly lamps cast a warm and poetic glow. Inspired by nature, traditions, and primitive forms, they celebrate responsible consumption and transform light into a contemporary aesthetic experience.



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A textile artist and embroidery artist, Belinda Pollard explores the memory of landscapes, their flows, and their resonances. She transforms landscapes, topography, and flows into evocative embroidered works. On silk organza, she layers gold thread, lurex, brass, and cannetille to create luminous, fluid, and tactile pieces.

Trained in film at La Fémis, in the visual arts, and later in fine embroidery, she founded her studio in 2017. She combines traditional craftsmanship with contemporary creation. A collaborator with luxury houses such as Hermès, Armani, Francis Kurkdjian, and Chaumet, she exhibits her work in France and internationally.

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Irene Reyes Mesa, founder of Beira Glass in southern Spain, creates contemporary jewelry and objects using Bullseye glass.

She works with the material through fusing and thermoforming: glass powders, fragments, and sheets are combined, heated, and then shaped to create textures, transparencies, and plays of color. Each piece is shaped and finished by hand, highlighting the natural properties of the glass. Her work, inspired by light, water, and Mediterranean landscapes, blends art, design, and craftsmanship.

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A wood sculptor, Coralie Saramago creates unique works inspired by the curves of nature, movement, and the depth of the emotional world. Woodturning is combined with techniques of carving, bending, texturing, and staining to reveal the material’s organic sensuality. Each work is born of life itself: movement, emotion, and matter.

She explores the fluidity of lines, the balance of forms, and the poetry of gesture to invite contemplation and reverie. Her approach honors nature, sustainability, and the beauty of life. The expression of her sculptures opens up an intimate space where the eye explores, the body feels, and the imagination journeys.

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