Behind the scenes at Majuno
Tray made of carboard lace – scrunched and glued cardboard strips.
Marie-Anne Thieffry is a cardboard sculptor. She masters the art of turning such an ordinary material into poetry. Marie-Anne transforms cardboard into lace.
She uses the cardboard lace or laminated cardboard to craft powerful and airy sculptures, feminine artworks or unique light fixtures.
For Majuno, Marie-Anne Thieffry devised a circular undulating table tray
Why did you choose to craft cardboard sculptures?
After growing up in Normandie, I attended interior design classes and graduated from the Architecture, Interior Design, Communication and Artistic Direction Penninghen school and the National Applied Arts and Artistic Professions Olivier de Serres school.
I discovered cardboard in 2003, through the work of architects Franck Gehry and Shigeru Ban. I like the idea of a material that goes unnoticed because of its daily use. Moreover, I only work with recycled cardboard, giving my pieces some unevenness. We solely see cardboard as waste when, in reality, it is a humble material that can nonetheless be used to create beautiful artworks.
How did you approach Majuno’s project?
I devised this tray in my Heudreville-sur-Eure-based workshop, in the Normandie region, where I settled twenty years ago. I am not used to work on a planar support. Thus, I opted for a gilded wood base, since I thought it would be too bad to hide it, I decided to keep a part of it uncovered. I really like the blend of cardboard and wood. Carboard is made from wood, I had the opportunity to honor its roots.
Constraints:
A piece’s crafting time is up to a week because of the lengthy drying period (as well as sanding between the different layers).
The pieces are sensitive to water and humidity, so they must be stored in a dry space or protected with glass.
