THE ARTIST BEHIND THE THREADS
Carolina
Carrieri.
An architect’s eye.
An artist’s hand.
A drawing that
can be felt.
Carolina Carrieri is an architect and textile artist. At Cac Studio, she brings drawing and handwork together to create artworks in dialogue with their surroundings. Lines, volumes, nature and memories find expression in embroidery, surfaces and relief.
Her practice spans framed works, wall pieces, objects, lighting and furniture. Each surface proposes a different relationship with thread: sometimes delicate and intimate, sometimes expanded to the scale of a room.
Paris.
Other traditions, new encounters.
Carolina’s research also grows through encounters with other skills and traditions.
As part of an extension of her studies in Lunéville embroidery — a technique used in haute couture — she travelled to Paris and visited École Lesage, a reference in the teaching of artistic embroidery.
During this journey, she took part in a workshop on painting applied to jewelry at L’École, School of Jewelry Arts, supported by Van Cleef & Arpels, and explored traditional shops specialising in unusual and carefully selected materials.
Between threads, pigments and surfaces, these experiences broaden her repertoire and inform Cac Studio’s attention to colour, detail and material.
Thread finds
many paths.
Techniques that meet, combine and find new possibilities in each project.
01Lunéville embroidery+
Working on stretched fabric with a hook-shaped needle, the embroidery builds chain stitches and allows delicate embellishments. A technique associated with haute couture, open to other surfaces and scales.
02Freehand embroidery+
Thread follows the drawing freely. Outlines, filled areas and small reliefs give shape to architecture, foliage and figurative compositions.
03Crochet+
Interlocking loops build surfaces, flowers and volumes. Thread takes on a life of its own, moving beyond a flat surface into space.
04Tufting & punch needle+
Threads inserted into a stretched backing form surfaces of pile and loops. Density, height and colour create tactile landscapes.