Cecile Ancelin

Visual Artist

Exploring the interplay of light and texture through marqueterie de paille.

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Straw marquetry artwork with sweeping golden lines crossing a luminous teal field

Straw marquetry artwork with densely interwoven teal and blue straw strands forming a woven texture

About the Artist

Cecile Ancelin is a contemporary artist working with straw marquetry. Her work explores the interplay of light, texture, and material, bringing a contemporary perspective to a centuries-old technique.

Through meticulous attention to the straw's subtle variations in tone and reflection, she creates compositions that appear to glow from within.