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| Born to a French father and a Filipina mother, sculptor
Olivia d’Aboville was raised in a bicultural household.
Schooldays were spent at the French School of Manila,
summers in France. At the early age of four, she started
acrylic and oil painting, joining exhibits with children
from the Atelier, a painting workshop conducted by Manila-based
French artist Madame Raymonde Le Gal. After high school,
Olivia left for Paris to study art for six years. It was
on her first year of preparatory school at the Atelier
de Sèvres that she learned about textile design,
which she soon decided to specialize in. Olivia earned
a diploma in Arts and Textile Arts at the École
Supérieure des Arts Appliqués - Duperrè,
a prestigious French school of applied arts in Paris,
known for its excellence in textile and fashion. It was
during these years that she developed her skills in textile
design, learning the traditional and contemporary techniques
of tapestry and weaving. |
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The idea of creating a variety of three-dimensional
shapes and objects through weaving unconventional materials
like plastic spoons, metal pins and everyday water bottles
soon became Olivia’s obsession. She says, “Synthetic
materials and metals are very appealing to me. In my creative
practice, I work with materials in their current state
and transform them, regenerating these materials into
something completely different.” Upon encountering
an interesting and unusual material, Olivia thinks of
how she can manipulate the object—twist, cut, stretch
or stitch—in such a way that it will take on an
entirely different identity.
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