Elodie Blanchard, a French-American artist in Brooklyn, creates vibrant patchwork sculptures from discarded textiles, highlighting the stories each fabric holds. She gathers materials from various sources, including friends and thrift shops, purposefully selecting fabrics based on their narrative potential. Influenced by nature and memories, her work features trees and bouquets that intricately meld color and texture. Blanchard’s goal is to craft unique universes through her art, reflecting on how everyday materials can evoke personal histories and cultural memories.
"Whether creating a figurative goddess or a three-dimensional vessel, the material guides the form. It may look spontaneous, but I carefully consider color and pattern when sewing the strips together."
"Stretch is essential in these arboreal constructions, and the artist shares that she tends to alternate the amount of give a material has, allowing for small bulges and curves that resemble organic life."
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