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E va Verwicht , is a young designer, originally from the town of Château-Gontier located in Mayenne (France), she now lives in Paris. Finalist of the Hyères international festival in the Accessories category this year, she presents her first collection "Folies Créatures" , which she produced as part of her master's degree at HEAD Geneva; through a video produced by the ERAXV I collective and with the collaboration of dancer and choreographer Alexis Hedouin , a long-time friend, met in high school during dance lessons.

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On this occasion, we wanted to learn a little more about her, as well as the universe of her strange creations to which are attached names with aquatic and dreamlike sounds. Nothing like it to make our mouths water!

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Eva, can you tell us about yourself? Who are you ?

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Capricorn, insane inside, sea slugs fascinate me!

It is through different means and mediums such as sculpture, dance, music, sailing, philosophy, that I observe, learn, meet and forge links that nourish me on a daily basis.

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

Can you tell us about your artistic journey?

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I passed a Bac Applied Arts and Dance in Rennes in Brittany. I then returned to ESAA Duperré in Paris to do a BTS Design Textiles, Materials and Surfaces, that's where I started to get interested in accessories. Then I did a Professional Degree in Fashion Trades, still at ESAA Duperré for 1 year, I developed a small collection of 4 shoes by learning by myself how to make them through advice and books. At the same time, I discovered leather goods while doing an internship at Isabel Marant with the leather goods designer.

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For this collection, I had the chance to work in a leather goods workshop and to develop each accessory, alongside a fellow leather craftsman. Started over a year ago, this collaboration, and these exchanges allowed me to transcribe my plastic experiments into finished products. I also worked with a bootmaker to make the uppers of my shoes and I made the heels entirely, like small sculptures. It's two collaborations that brought me a lot, it is thanks to this know-how, to these traditional values ​​and to the technique of leather goods and bootmaking that I was able to give life to the ideas that I had aspired to. .

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

Today, it is the dreamer that I was who I want to take control of.

It is this woman who lives to the rhythm of her emotions that I am targeting.

In accordance with the values ​​of her time, she accepts her differences and her need for independence.

The accessory is its double. Through him, she can hide or show parts of her personality. It is SHE who decides. His quest for knowledge and recognition flourishes in his encounters. A companion craftsman, a poetry, a painting, the simple beauty of his daily life. It is through all these things in life that this child-turned-woman, aware of the challenges of her century, finds herself carrying one of these Mad Creatures on her arm.

I am currently doing an internship at Maison Kitsuné and I am assisting the accessories stylist.

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

In March 2020, I will start another internship as an apprentice in leatherworking with Jacques Ferrand , a former journeyman of duty who works for different fashion brands. My goal is to learn leather goods in order to be able to develop my future projects from A to Z with rigor and quality and perhaps pass my CAP in leather goods.

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

Can you tell us more about your brand? Where does your inspiration come from to create these creatures?

Verwicht is a brand of accessories for bags, shoes but also scarves, with a strong added value in quality and originality. It is a dream brand for the moment since there has been no sale yet.


“Have been waiting for the high tides for weeks. Of those where the sea leaves us a playground, often inaccessible, favorable to the imagination, where everything becomes bigger, new, experimental. By dint of jumping from rock to rock, I discover a large pool where the water, trapped there when the sea descended, is of a different color. Crystalline, both a mirror of the sky and an aquarium magnifier, it seems to sparkle with life. Hands in the water, I discover a multitude of textures, living beings, slipping between algae and stones. It is a pleasure to touch and be amazed by these anemones, these trapped fish, these shells, which by their play of colors and shapes, are not seen on land but only in water ”.

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

It is here, in reminiscence of the little girl I was, that you can discover the creatures of my collection entitled: Folies Créatures . My bags and shoes are straight out of this organic, spooky world.

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

I would like these forms to be able to touch, move, or disturb as I was able to be a child, to discover this magical world which was this open-air aquarium.

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

It is by modeling and sculpting clay that the shapes come to life in my hands. Bringing matter to life is an essential step for me. From this ceramic sculpture comes the 3D modeling, then the mold to cast the final piece, in aluminum. Through this process, I imagine my bags and shoes sculptures with associations of colors and confusing materials. In this, the pieces of Ron Nagle and Ken Price inspire me, disturb me and question me through their juxtapositions of antagonistic materials and their chromatic shocks.

It is a perpetual dance between rationalities, utility, and sculptural object.


In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

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Can you tell us about your latest project on video? Did you define the artistic direction?


This video project was born from a desire to mix dance with my creations. I wanted this medium to bring my bags and shoes to life. I really wanted a collaboration with several people, to mix the universes as a challenge and the pleasure of meeting.

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

This is how I contacted Alexis (@alexishedouin) , a very gifted friend who I danced with in high school and who is now in Boris Charmatz's company as a professional dancer and choreographer. I started to present my first research to him in October 2018 and until May 2019 we exchanged to form a team of 6 dancers ready to collaborate for this project.

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

By discovering the musical work of Théophile Langer (@umbraid_) whom I like a lot, I decided to contact him to present my project to him and find out if he was ready to create music in collaboration with me following the first ideas and the vision I had of my collection which was still being researched at that time. He presented me with several samples following my first shared inspirations, to end up with a 7-minute track. This music was used for my show in November 2019 in Geneva.

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

I then started looking for an artist working the video and that's how by talking with Florence Tétier from Novembre Magazine , she advised me a duo, Carolina and Daniel (@ era.xvi) who came from 'arrive from Chile two weeks before I meet them in Paris for the first time, in April 2019. I like their very retro aesthetic. They only film on a digital camcorder. Their ease of filming bodies in motion and in close-up was perfect and complementary to the photos I took with my photographer (@rosannatutta)

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

After organizing a meeting with the whole team, everyone got to work for D-Day.

This is how this wonderful experience was born and I thank them for these wonderful artistic encounters.

E va Verwicht , is a young designer, originally from the city of Château-Gontier located in Mayenne (France), now she lives in Paris. Finalist of the Hyères international festival in the Accessories category this year, she presents her first collection "Folies Créatures" , than she produced as part of her master's at HEAD Geneva; through a video made by the artist collective ERAXVI and with the collaboration of the dancer and choreographer Alexis Hedouin , a longtime friend, met in high school during Dance classes.

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

At this occasion we wanted to learn a little bit more about her, as well as the universe of her strange creations to which names with aquatic and dreamlike consonances are attached.

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

Eva, can you tell us about yourself? Who are you?

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

Capricorn, totally insane inside, sea slugs fascinate me!

It is through different means and mediums such as sculpture, dance, music, sailing, philosophy, that I observe, learn, meet and weave links that nourish me every day.

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

Can you tell us about your artistic journey?


I passed a baccalaureate Applied Arts and Dance in Rennes in Brittany. I then returned to the ESAA Duperré in Paris to do a BTS Design Textiles Materials and Surfaces, this is where I started to be interested in accessories. Then I did a Professional License in Fashion Trades still at ESA Duperré for 1 year, I developed a small collection of 4 shoes by learning to make them myself through advice and books. At the same time, I discovered leather goods by doing an internship at Isabel Marant with the leather goods stylist.

I'm not really a student anymore since I finished my master's degree in June 2019. Currently I'm on an internship at Maison Kitsuné and I'm assisting the accessories stylist.

In March 2020, I'll start another internship as an apprentice in leather goods with Jacques Ferrand , a former of the journeyman of duty who works for different fashion brands. My goal is to learn leather goods so that I can develop my future projects from A to Z with rigor and quality and perhaps pass my CAP in leather goods.

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Can you tell us more about your brand? Where does your inspiration come from to create these creatures?


Verwicht is a brand of bags, shoes, accessories but also scarves, with a high added value in quality and originality. It's a dream brand for the moment since there have been no sales yet.


"Wait weeks for the high tides. Of those where the sea leaves us a playground, often inaccessible, conducive to the imagination, where everything becomes bigger, new, experimental. I discover by dint of jumping from rock to rock a large pond where the water, trapped there when the sea came down, is of a different color. Crystalline, both a mirror of the sky and an aquarium magnifier, it seems to sparkle with life. Hands in the water, I discover a multitude of textures, of living beings, squeezing between algae and stones. It's a pleasure to touch and be amazed by these anemones, these trapped fish, these shells, which by their play of colors and shapes, are not seen on land but only in water. "

It's there, than you'll find the reminiscent of the little girl that I was, where you can discover the creatures from my collection entitled: Folies Créatures . My bags and shoes are straight out of this organic and spooky world.

I would like these forms to be able to touch, move, or disturb as I could have been a child, to discover this magical world which was this open air aquarium.

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

It is by modeling and sculpting clay that forms come to life in my hands. Bringing matter to life is an essential step for me. From this ceramic sculpture comes 3D modeling, then the mold to cast the final piece, made of aluminum. Through this process, I imagine my bags and shoes sculptures with combinations of colors and confusing materials. In this, the plays by Ron Nagle and Ken Price inspire me, confuse me and question me by their juxtapositions of antagonistic materials and their chromatic shocks.

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

It's a perpetual dance between rationalities, utility, and sculptural object.


For this collection, I was lucky to be able to work in a leather workshop and to develop each accessory alongside a journeyman leather craftsman. Begun more than a year ago, this collaboration and these exchanges allowed me to transcribe my plastic experiments into finished products. I also worked with a bootmaker to make the uppers of my shoes and I entirely made the heels, like little sculptures. It's two collaborations which brought me a lot, it's thanks to these know-how, these traditional values ​​and the technique of leather goods and shoemaking that I was able to give life to the ideas that I had ambitious.


Today, it's the dreamer I was who I want to take my hand.

It's this woman who lives to the rhythm of her emotions that I target.

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

In keeping with the values ​​of her time, she assumes her differences and her need for independence.

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

The accessory is its double. Through him, she can hide or show parts of her personality. SHE decides. His quest for knowledge and recognition flourishes in his meetings. A companion craftsman, a poetry, a painting, the simple beauty of life in his daily life. It's through all these things in life that this child who has become a woman, aware of the challenges of her century, finds herself carrying one of these Folies Creatures on her arm.

Can you tell us about your latest video project? This is your artistic direction?


This video project was born from a desire to mix dance with my creations. I wanted my bags and shoes to come to life through this medium. I really wanted to collaborate with several people, to mix the universes as a challenge and the pleasure of meeting.

This is how I contacted Alexis (@alexishedouin) , a very gifted friend with whom I danced in high school and who is now in the Company of Boris Charmatz as a professional dancer and choreographer. I started to present my first research to him in October 2018 and until May 2019 we exchanged to constitute a team of 6 dancers ready to collaborate for this project.

By discovering the musical work of Théophile Langer (@umbraid_) which I really like, I decided to contact him to present my project to him and to know if he was ready to create a music in collaboration with me according to the first ideas and the vision I had of my collection which was still being researched at that time. He presented me with several samples following my first shared inspirations, leading to a 7-minute song. This music was used for my fashion show in November 2019 in Geneva.

I then started looking for an artist working on video and this is how, in talking with Florence Tétier from Novembre Magazine, she advised me a duo, Carolina and Daniel (@ era.xvi) who came from Chile two weeks before I meet them in Paris for the first time, in April 2019. I like their very retro aesthetic. They only film on digital camcorders. Their ease of filming bodies in motion and in close-up was perfect and complementary to the photos I took with my photographer ( @rosannatutta )

After having organized a meeting with the whole team, everyone set to work for D-Day.

This is how this great experience was born and I thank them for these beautiful artistic meetings.

Credits and info:

Eva Verwicht: @eva_verwicht

Alexis: @alexishedouin

Théophile Langer: @umbraid_

Carolina and Daniel: @ era.xvi

Photographer @rosannatutta

Dancer : @arendlaura   @coraliehedouin   @marionjousseaume   @imansally

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In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

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