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La Mandrine, who are you?
My name is Nadège Bucaille, illustrator, patient observer of nature and experienced Artistic Director. A collector of aesthetic emotions, I grew up surrounded by the wild flowers of Haute-Savoie. In my herbarium, the legacy of a grandfather who loved gardens and botany, creator of a unique variety of old rose: La Mandrine.
Very early on, the graft took hold and I also chose to travel my path cultivating beauty. A graduate of Fine Arts in Geneva, I worked as an Artistic Director for 25 years, serving big names, always with this desire to capture emotion when it presents itself.
Today, I am taking a sideways path to return to my first loves. Extending the exploration of digital tools and creating original floral patterns is the idea of my collection The Graphic. But also rediscover the long term, that of the application and care taken to faithfully represent a plant, in all its delicacy and vulnerability, with the techniques of stitching – The Pointing One collection – or botanical drawing – The Botanist collection.
These illustrations are intended to come to life on the carefully chosen material, the grain of a paper, the softness of silk or, why not, the porcelain of fine tableware.
“It’s the time you wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry,
The Little Prince
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