Thomas Louineau is an art worker, basket-maker, who cultivate his own wicker to make his works. He realizes daily life’s objects but also sculptures inspired by the nature.
His basketwork’s pieces, between vegetable and animal are braided thanks to basket-makers techniques. By combining his creativity with usefullness, pieces of basketwork will be at the same time scuptures and furnitures. He transforms wicker from his own cultivation and he also uses wild fibers.
This year, Thomas Louineau is part of the 2018 « Deviations » edition of the International Festival of Extra ordinary Textile by participating to the conception of a hut-tree made with the help of the children from the University Hospital d’Estaing.