Créer en dentelle de carton Matière

Learning objectives

This training course offers an in-depth introduction to recycled cardboard, considered a true material for artistic creation. It is led by Marie-Anne Thieffry, a visual artist renowned for her unique "cardboard lace" technique. Combining intensive hands-on practice, technical learning, and artistic reflection, this course allows participants to explore a material that is at once simple, poetic, and full of potential.

At the end of the course, the trainee will be able to:

Select a cardboard based on the desired creation
Create flat cardboard lace
Create three-dimensional cardboard lace
Create a template for laminated cardboard and reproduce it on cardboard
Assemble a laminated cardboard piece
Perform the finishing touches to various creations

Content of the program

From the very beginning of the training, participants discover the many facets of cardboard: its various forms, its physical properties, its contemporary artistic uses, and its ecological virtues. Through practical exercises, they learn to manipulate this material with precision, creativity, and sensitivity.
Part of the program is dedicated to working with light, a central element in Marie-Anne Thieffry's artistic universe. Trainees experiment with the effects of shadow, transparency, and diffusion to design pieces that subtly interact with light and reveal the finesse of cardboard.
The instructor's teaching method favors an experimental approach, based on exploration, freedom of movement, and creative autonomy. The training also invites students to reflect on the challenges of eco-design and the repurposing of recycled materials, from a contemporary perspective on the crafts.

Day 1

Morning

Presentation and introduction to the material
Discussion of individual aspirations
Work on cutting gestures and techniques
Learning the technique of flat cardboard lacework and creating a sample

Afternoon

Observation and use of cardboard and corrugation in different ways
2 hours dedicated to a collective creation for Campus Mana

Day 2

Morning and Afternoon

Finishing the previously created samples
Beginning of the lighting project using the technique covered the day before
2 hours dedicated to a collective creation for Campus Mana

Day 3

Morning:

Completion of the lighting project

Afternoon:

Tracing the template in laminated cardboard
2 hours dedicated to a collective creation for Campus Mana

Day 4

Morning

Cutting and gluing the laminated piece

Afternoon

Finishing the lighting fixture in cardboard lace
2 hours dedicated to a collective creation for Campus Mana Mana

Day 5

Morning and afternoon

Finishing the laminated piece
Finishing the various samples
2 hours dedicated to a collective creation for Campus Mana
Workshop tidying

Monitoring

with Marie-Anne Thieffry

Details

Marie-Anne Thieffry

Marie-Anne Thieffry is a visual artist born in 1964 in Normandy. After an initial career spanning over 25 years as an art director in advertising, she chose to devote herself entirely to handcrafting in 2005, opening her own studio.
A graduate of ESAG-Penninghen and ENSAAMA-Olivier de Serres in interior design, she now applies her expertise to a material she poetically reinvents: recycled cardboard. Through a unique technique she calls "cardboard lace," she explores the expressive potential of this humble material, which she cuts, crumples, braids, and laminates to create sculptures and lighting fixtures imbued with lightness and refinement. Sensitive to ecological issues, her work is part of an approach to reclaiming discarded materials, where each piece questions our relationship to matter, gesture, and light. Inspired by architects such as Frank Gehry and Shigeru Ban, she combines technical rigor, creativity, and transmission. Winner of the Audience Award at the International Paper Triennial in 2017 and the European Prize for Applied Arts in 2022, Marie-Anne Thieffry is also supported by the Rémy Cointreau Foundation, which assisted in the acquisition of essential equipment for her studio.