A fleur de peau is a suspended sculpture made of orange lacquered wire, created through a process of translating sound into form.

At the origin of this piece is a phrase — A fleur de peau — spoken by myself, recorded, and then transformed into a sound wave. This signal, once stretched and reworked, becomes the starting point for a drawing, and then for a hand-woven volume. When suspended, the sculpture takes on a slender, taut shape that evokes a sound line, like a breath flowing upward or downward.

This series explores the relationship between language and material, quite literally giving physical body to a word in a fragile, vibrant form.

orange varnished wire 0.5 mm diameter
Mesh size 2 to 4 mm

185 x 20 x 20 cm