Lucile DROUET is an artist, craftsperson and textile designer.
Through her studio, Loxiale, she creates unique, supple fabrics and works that showcase the sculptural qualities of these materials. She has chosen to use traditional techniques to meet contemporary needs (hand-operated looms, bespoke natural dyes). Her commitment to the ecological transition is rooted in the sustainable transformation of materials that have a positive impact.
Using innovative materials such as cork, apple leather and even bran, she creates highly refined, bespoke fabrics.
These fabrics speak their own language, creating a holistic sensory experience of textile vibration.
Inspired by nature and a connection with the environment, Lucile DROUET works as a researcher and explorer to bring vibration, rhythm and movement to life in textiles.
‘What I love is that the materials I produce resonate with the creativity of a project.’
A background in art, architecture, textiles, fashion, clothing and design anchors Lucile DROUET’s textile vision in a resolutely interdisciplinary expression.
Cork, the workshop’s signature material, embodies the link between clothing and the home that stems from wood; it speaks to the architecture of textiles and the sculptural quality of a fabric. The projects form part of research guided by the premise that ‘textile’ and ‘text’ share the same root. The journey towards meaningful beauty is marked by the constant refinement of the precise gesture that reveals the coherence between appearance and structure.
By continually deepening this connection with raw materials, Lucile DROUET collaborates with researchers, botanists, organisations, industries and associations to ensure the long-term sustainability of the raw materials used by the studio, and to forge a path towards encountering the living beings that produce them: trees
Supported by:
- Materiaux.archi – article “The ennobled material – cork” by Sandra Furlan, founder of the MDMA Paris agency
- La Villa Noailles – 2024 Quercus Suber competition – 2nd prize from the jury and 1st prize from the public
- The Order of Chartered Accountants of Brittany – 2024 cré’acc competition – Jury’s Favourite Award
- Worth Partnership Project – 2023 – creative grant for Avalenn – in collaboration with Verena BROM – presentation at Milan Design Week
- La Gazette du Chêne Liège – Article ‘Cork: a vision of colour and structure’ for Forêt Modèle de Provence
- France 3 Météo à la carte 2019 and 2024
- Madame le Figaro – Article ‘Weaving the clouds’ 2018
Events – presentations:
- RDVM 2026 – Carreau du Temple, Paris – 8 and 9 October
- Brest School of Fine Arts – loom – self-sufficiency with the tool – contribution to the creation of a sustainable textile workshop within the institution
- French Design – Mobilier National – 2025 speed dating – sustainable design
- Weave’up – Cork workshop in Portugal 2023–2024
- Textile 2.0 – Maintenant Festival 2017 – Textiles as an interactive medium
Exhibitions:
- SOUS MON ARBRE – Clohars Carnoët – 2024 – solo exhibition ‘Weaving the Canopy’
- CONTEXTILE BIENNIAL – Guimarães, Portugal – Palace of the Dukes of Braganza – ‘Imagine!’ exhibition, held in conjunction with FITE
- FITE – International Festival of Extraordinary Textiles 2020 – Clermont-Ferrand Biennial – ‘Material Feelings’
- SETHI GROUP EXHIBITION – 2018, Quimperlé
- ODYSEE URBAINE FESTIVAL – 2016 woven mural ‘grillage tissage’ with street artist S.ROUILLE
Musica Textilis performances:
- MARCHES – since 2021 ‘wild performances’ – woven sketches in the landscape using a loom
- SOUS MON ARBRE – MUSICA TEXTILIS – St Maurice Abbey – textile and sound performance in collaboration with
Elodie FIAT, sound designer at Radio France –
- CHAMBORD – 2022 – “wild performance”: sketches woven on-site using a loom – a week-long observational project
exploring the relationship between textiles and architecture.
- MUSICA TEXTILIS – 2018–2021 – Residency at the Loxiale studio – Lucile DROUET – Elodie FIAT – Eric THOMAS. Production of mixed audio tracks, a woven piece and a series of images.
- FESTIVAL MAINTENANT – 2017 – Textile Night 2.0 – ‘Textile Landscapes’ with Elodie FIAT at the Salle le Diapason in Rennes.
