Pléneuf-Val-André: Christine Jarry, an artist who sublimates lace<

"I hate doilies, you won't see one in my house!" Yet Christine Jarry has been weaving lace for over 20 years. Proof that a lacemaker can be used for something other than embroidering napkins!

La Pléneuvienne discovered her art by chance, while visiting a lace museum, while she was staying in Auvergne. “When I saw the lacemaker at work, I immediately said that I wanted to learn. When I realized what bobbin lace was, what you could do with it, I knew it was for me!”

An artistic soul

Christine has always had an artistic soul. “I did theatre, sewing, blood… I have no merit. It doesn't require any special effort. I am very skilled with my hands and I reproduce the gestures naturally”. Christine has talent.

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"Lace isn't a grandma's thing"

It is certainly this gift that allowed her to imagine lace elsewhere than in her traditional universe. “To most people there is something elegant about lace, but a little old fashioned. But it's not just a Grandma thing! »

Christine learned the technique of bobbin lace with a grandmother, a retired lacemaker from Haute-Loire, the cradle of this craft. She learned all the tricks that allowed her to experiment with new creations. "I wanted to show that starting from a traditional lace base, you can adapt the technique and obtain modern and stylish creations".

The bracelets she just wove with lurex and gold thread are indeed very couture, a bit rock, but delicate, and would cling to the wrist of any trendy girl. “You can do a lot of things with lace! »

You can do lots of things with lace

Necklaces, earrings, but also clothes, paintings... "I make a lot of decoration from lace: look this string of lights! And even this dreamcatcher. All these achievements are on display at the moment, in the Régates hall, on the Val-André dyke.

Christine's husband, Bruno, has been at Val-André all his life. “Living in the Paris region, we came here for the holidays. Then once we retired, we stayed there for a month, then two, then three. In the end, we didn't want to go back." So the couple has definitely settled in their house in Val-André since September.

She wants to give lessons

“But I would like to take lace lessons again, like I had in the Paris region. So I'm looking for people who would like to learn. That's why I was offered this exhibition.

Which was supposed to take place last year, but was postponed due to the health context. “I want to show people what you can really do with lace. During this exhibition I also do demonstrations and I initiate those who wish. The speed with which she knits with her bobbins is extraordinary! A finger dance that we would all like to know how to lead! Indulge !

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