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Lyon. Seats, rugs, pockets… Philippine weaves her success with tufting: “I never stopped”

Lyon. Seats, rugs, pockets… Philippine weaves her success with tufting: “I never stopped”

Spending August in Lyon? Why not take the opportunity to learn new skills? Lyon's artisans share their expertise in sewing, tufting, jewelry, and mixology. This week, we're taking a closer look at the tufting workshop offered by Philippine Brochier at Studio Bro, on Rue Sébastien Gryphe.
  • Philippine Brochier discovered tufting during the Covid crisis. Since then, she has created her own tufted rug brand: Studio Bro. Photo by Christelle Lalanne
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  • Step 1: Drawing the piece to be tufted, directly onto the canvas. Photo by Christelle Lalanne
  • Step 2: Starting the wool on the tufting gun. Photo by Christelle Lalanne
  • Step 3: Hold the gun flat and tuft from the bottom up. Photo Christelle Lalanne
  • Step 4: Shearing the wool to give a clean finish. All that remains is to glue it to the back, remove it from the frame, remove the excess fabric, and then glue the felt. Photo: Christelle Lalanne
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  • Ceramics, jewelry, illustrations, 3D printed objects, lingerie… 12 designers from Lyon and Marseille exhibit and sell their objects in the Studio Bro boutique. Photo Christelle Lalanne
  • Under the Brope brand, Philippine Brochier creates bag handles made from climbing rope. Photo provided by Studio Bro
  • Tufted mirrors, created by Philippine Brochier. Photo provided by Studio Bro

In the Brochier family, there's the branch that works with silk, and there's Philippine, who prefers wool. Since July 1st , the creator of the Studio Bro brand has opened her workshop/boutique at 37 rue Sébastien Gryphe, in the 7th arrondissement of Lyon. Her specialty: tufting!

This discipline, which we see everywhere on social media and, more recently, in museums, consists of weaving one's own carpet. If we date this weaving technique back to the 19th...

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