Trained in applied arts at the École Olivier de Serres in Paris, Marion Chopineau has developed a practice at the intersection of textile design and formal research. She collaborates with major fashion houses, for which she designs embroidery, accessories, and experimental pieces, while pursuing a personal body of work focused on the transformation of traditional craftsmanship.
Her approach is based on the hybridization of techniques: basketry, macramé, knitting, and molding come together in installations where the textile becomes structure. By repurposing and combining these practices, she develops a unique visual vocabulary that is both technical and sensitive.

The question of volume is central to her work. Through circular weaving or molding directly on the body, she creates forms that straddle the line between object, adornment, and architecture. Her pieces, composed of networks of threads and modules, evoke light, almost immaterial structures that exist at the intersection of the structural and the organic.

The Parures-Matriochkas continue this exploration. Crafted from glass and thread, they are composed of nested forms that can either hug the body or break free from it. Blending jewelry and basketry, these works rely on repetitive knotting techniques, rooted in a slow, drawn-out process where the gesture itself becomes the process.

Their fragmented geometry evokes a variety of references: measuring instruments, celestial forms, and architectural structures. These objects bring to mind dials, spheres, and meridians, situating the piece within a broader exploration of cycles, rhythm, and transformation.

Conceived as portable architectures, these ensembles retain the body’s memory while existing independently. They oscillate between protection and ornamentation, between structure and envelope, affirming a vision of textiles as a space for construction—both formal and symbolic.