23.09 → 29.11.2026
As part of the exhibition Métamorphoses, les chapeaux de Maison Michel, la Galerie du 19M invites artist Emma Bruschi to design a collaborative workshop centered around straw, one of the signature materials of the Maison d’art specializing in millinery.
Ages 8 and up
From 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (30-minute time slots), every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
Free with advance booking
New sessions for the following month open on the first Monday of each month
This collaborative workshop is presented as part of the exhibition Métamorphoses, les chapeaux de Maison Michel.
A humble, raw material, straw is also rich in symbolism, closely connected to agricultural and rural worlds. Emma Bruschi, the granddaughter of farmers from the Haute-Savoie region, has an intimate knowledge of this environment. Winner of the le19M Craft Professions Prize, awarded by CHANEL at the 35th International Festival of Fashion, Photography and Accessories – Hyères, she draws on her family history as the inspiration for this workshop.
Each participant is invited to create a decorative straw braid using the “three-straw chain” technique. This workshop offers an introduction to the technique before participants move on to explore more complex patterns.
Guided through the learning of this craft, participants work together to create braids from rye straw, gathered from the artist’s fields in Haute-Savoie. These will become part of a collective artwork inspired by a traditional thatched cottage.
Fashion designer
Emma Bruschi, born in 1995, holds a Master’s degree in Fashion and Accessories Design from the Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD). She is the recipient of the le19M Craft Professions Prize, awarded by CHANEL at the 35th International Festival of Fashion, Photography and Accessories – Hyères. Materials, craftsmanship, know-how, transmission and experimentation are at the heart of her practice.
She uses the land as a raw material, drawing inspiration from places that hold personal significance for her. In creating her garments, she takes inspiration from rural and agricultural environments, workwear, fauna, flora and all the craft traditions that stem from them. Since 2021, she has been growing rye on her family farm with the help of her uncle, Eric Vergain. This rye is harvested during joyful days of scything and is used to create her garments, accessories and harvest bouquets. Her aim is to cultivate the land and work with her own materials, bringing together her work as a farmer and as a designer.
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