Héloïse Monfourny

Seconde Maille is a textile design studio that gives a second life to textile surplus, upcycles ropes and yarn spools (deadstock) from French industries by offering unique and authentic pieces: tote bags, accessories, and home decor.

Through various artisanal techniques: weaving, knotting, and primarily using a hacked jacquard knitting machine, Seconde Maille blends manual and digital work in its creations, produced in small series.

- Launch of a textile design studio focused on environmental issues related to textiles

- Sourcing of materials destined to be discarded from French textile industries

- Valorization of ropes, strings, and yarns through artisanal techniques: weaving, knotting, and machine knitting

- Prototyping, mini-collections, and unique pieces

- Branding, graphic design, and marketing

- Participation in trade shows, ephemeral scenographies

- Supervision of interns, transmission through practice

For almost a year, I worked as a Fablab Manager in a textile-dedicated third place, Sew & Laine in Bordeaux. My mission was to assist users with digital control machines: cutting plotter, textile printer, embroidery machine, and hacked jacquard knitting machine. I also organized various workshops, off-site in certain institutions: primary schools, senior clubs, community centers, festivals, and museums in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Before each type of workshop and action, there was a preparation phase: creation of graphic materials (logos, typography, signage, labels...), purchase and inventory of raw materials and tools, then preparation of scenographies according to the given spaces.

- Fablab manager, in-depth knowledge of digital control machines: cutting plotter, textile printer, digital embroidery machine, jacquard knitting machine, laser cutter

- Graphic design, DTP, logo and pattern creation

- Team and user management on machines

- Demonstrations, transmission, and know-how

- Cross-disciplinary pedagogy with a positive impact on eco-design and reuse

- Ephemeral scenographies, mobile Fablab

- Content creation for workshops, signage

The Petra Vonk studio is based in Amsterdam and experiments with knitting on various scales. Primarily, Petra uses sound-absorbing felt strips to create XXL knitted surfaces in the form of partition panels, applicable to interior spaces: open spaces, companies, offices...

- Creation of XXL knitted partition panels using sound-absorbing felt strips

- Intended for public or private spaces (co-working spaces, offices...)

- Textile creation, material work, client meetings, space integration.

- Drawing work on Illustrator, Prototyping

- Research and finishing of final products

- Research for new assemblies, materials, and colors

Website: petravonk.nl