Weave Up - European project

"Those who worry about their grandchildren plant a cork oak”
As cork is one of the main Portuguese raw materials and as its oak lifespan can reach up to 200 years, cork production and innovation are truly important for the European ecosystem and textile development. This is why Weave Up! project choose textile cork as one of its 4 materials to work on.
Until June 21, in Showroom Galerie 7 (Lyon, France) you can discover the cork experiments led by Lucile Drouet, Verena Brom, Ivis de Aguiar Souza, Catarino de Jesus Bere, Monica Faria, Ana Leandro, Sofia Mingaleeva and Sergei Zinchuk, during Weave Up! project. They worked on innovative cork applications and ways to mix it with other materials, in Portugal in 2023 and 2024, thanks to Ideias Emergentes.
Weave Up! project is co-financed by the European Union, and HS_Projets, Ideias Emergentes and the Vilnius Academy of Arts.

Textile innovation in cork field, by and thanks to our master designer Lucile DROUET, initiator of Atelier Loxiale.
Thanks again for mentioning Weave Up! project!
Lucile Drouet article in Gazette Chêne-liège : news from the industry, fifth edition, p.27-29