Au fil des mots

{{Thread of Words / Flora Commaret}}
_ Flora's project is concerned with text & textile. The word "text" has the same etymological root as the word "textile", from the Latin root "texere", which means "weaving, braiding".
_ In the sixteenth century, embroideries and tapestries, as well as French patterns from the last century, were considered as a writing, resulting from know-how and technical abilities, specific to a female language. Weaving, sewing, are practices that could be considered as language : needle like quill.

_ So both terms can be a field of experimentations of what once unified text and textile. The textile metaphor of the text could be revisited by visual communication and give again a common identity between text and textile.

_ The project, called "Cross Stitch", is a another way of embroiding. Cross Stitch is a embroidery kit for a completely holed table (built for purpose) where everyone can embroider letters, words or sentences of their choice associated with patterns. Like a tablecloth, this kit is a DIY graphic design embroidering, to do, undo and redo.

_ The kit contains 9 different colour threads, 2 needles, a needle cushion, a booklet with fonts, instructions of use and a paper grid for draft designs. A web site was also created to help people to compose letters, words or sentences before embroidering.

_ "Cross Stitch" tries to mix traditional skills and modernity, giving again a real sensitive and sentimental touch to the text like textile. As well as to forget about prejudices that every one has about embroidering, which is "it's an old woman’s hobby".

2008 La Martinière-Diderot diploma / Flora Commaret