Combs turn artworks at Geneva’s Máti gallery
Combs turn artworks at Geneva’s Máti gallery
Designer Aurore Piedigrossi untangles the history of the comb with her Grands Hers collection at Geneva’s Máti gallery
Grand Hers is new collection of sculptural horn combs created by designer Aurore Piedigrossi and now on show at Geneva’s Máti gallery.
The project is an homage to the history of the Hers Valley in the south of France, which, when described by ECAL graduate Piedigrossi, reads almost like a fairytale. ‘The manufacture of combs is a craft that developed in the 14th century in the Hers Valley,’ she says. ‘The production was organised in many factories that were established along the river [the Hers, or Grand Hers].’