Lucie Toure
Artist - Textile and Paper Designer
Lucie Toure is a Textile and Paper Designer who studied at École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs specializing in Textile Design and Material. With a rich background of six years of experience in prestigious embroidery workshops, Parisian textile printing companies, and two years as a resident in Ateliers de Paris, Touré has cultivated collaborations with leading names in ready-to-wear and Haute-Couture.
In 2018, Lucie Toure founded her workshop, driven by the vision of forging meaningful connections between paper and unparalleled craftsmanship. Rooted in a commitment to handmade techniques and guided by a carefully formulated set of principles, she instills preciousness and delicacy into her materials. Through skilled methods such as cutting, weaving, and embroidery, Toure artfully transforms the very essence of paper, introducing it in innovative applications. Lucie Touré's expertise is founded upon rare skills, providing a bespoke foundation for her work.
In meeting the ever-evolving demands for innovation within the luxury domain, her creations stand as a testament to her ability to seamlessly blend timeless craftsmanship with contemporary vision. Covering diverse realms such as interior decoration, set design, window displays, packaging, and fashion, Toure's artistic process knows no bounds.
Craft
With a versatile background that empowers her to navigate many skills seamlessly, Toure unveils intricate proposals from her boundless creativity or crafted with precision to meet specific commission requirements. "I like to immerse myself in the world of a heritage-rich house, interpreting its symbols and merging my artistic universe with the brand. This process often leads me to unexpected discoveries, enriching my artistic practice."
Her chosen medium, paper, serves as a canvas for Touré's creativity, offering precision that surpasses other materials.
Within her studio, Lucie Toure has cultivated what she fondly describes as her "own world," infusing elements of "preciousness" into everyday materials. Her process involves meticulously exploring colors- with elements hand-painted to achieve bespoke hues, shapes, and sizes while skillfully merging textile savoir-faire. Including diverse techniques like gilding and mounting techniques borrowed from jewelry craftsmanship, Toure's techniques converge to create a unique expression, extending her creations to the luxury sector, encompassing interior decoration, set design, window displays, packaging, and fashion.
Material
"I discovered the technique of origami when I was a child. I used to create objects with beads and paper in my room," this fascination with paper consistently appears in her works and artistic explorations. Touré transcends this material by imbuing it with new properties, especially flexibility, achieved by combining it with materials like textiles.
"Paper can be seen as an ordinary material, without any particular value, but in some cases, it becomes rare and precious when associated with artisanal techniques," her approach aims to divert materials from their primary function, revealing unexpected possibilities. In addition to her preferred medium, paper, Toure expands her exploration to materials such as wood, copper, leather, and embroiderers on surfaces diverse as textiles, straw marquetry, plexiglass, plaster, paper, glass, and lace. This unexpected diversity of materials creates unique textiles and surfaces, reimagining materials not naturally associated with this artistic universe.
