Laurentine
Périlhou

Laurentine Périlhou

Born in 1985, Laurentine Périlhou is a French textile artist who lives and works in Ariège, France. Specializing in macramé, she reinterprets this ancestral craft through a sculptural and contemporary language, transforming knots into poetic forms that explore resilience, patience, and the quiet strength of the natural world. Inspired by organic structures and the rhythms of nature, her work reflects a delicate balance between fragility and endurance, inviting viewers to rediscover the beauty of slow, intentional craftsmanship.

Périlhou discovered macramé during a formative journey through South America in 2009. Upon returning to France, she dedicated herself to pushing the boundaries of the medium, elevating a traditional textile technique into a refined artistic practice. Working from her atelier in the French Pyrenees, each sculpture is created entirely by hand through hundreds of hours of meticulous knotting, where time, gesture, and material become essential elements of the finished work.

Her distinctive approach has led to collaborations with some of the world’s most prestigious luxury houses. She has created commissioned works for Jean Paul Gaultier, Guerlain, Dior, Cartier, and Martell, while also collaborating with Dior’s Haute Couture Research & Development department in 2022 on innovative mixed-lurex textile explorations. In 2023, she began an ongoing collaboration with Hermès, creating large-scale macramé installations for the maison’s window displays, a partnership that continues today. Her work has also been featured in Balmain’s collaboration with Beyoncé for the Renaissance album, where she created an intricate macramé gown highlighted by The New York Times. For Martell, she designed Les Remarquables de Martell – Édition Laurentine Périlhou, an extraordinary sculptural creation crafted with gold threads, sapphires, diamonds, and 300-year-old oak cabochons, requiring more than 800 hours of handwork.

Recognized for both her artistic vision and exceptional craftsmanship, Périlhou has received the support of the Banque Populaire Foundation and the Hermès Corporate Foundation. In 2024, her work was exhibited at Rossana Orlandi Gallery during Milan Design Week and at the Homo Faber Biennale in Venice, organized by the Michelangelo Foundation.

Since 2026, Laurentine Périlhou has been represented by Loisir Gallery in Los Angeles, where her work continues to bridge contemporary art, textile innovation, and collectible design through a practice that celebrates the enduring dialogue between nature, craftsmanship, and imagination.