{"id":960,"date":"2020-05-27T13:22:20","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T11:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/?p=960"},"modified":"2025-06-20T17:05:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T15:05:27","slug":"clara-sulla-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/hogar\/entrevista-clara-sulla","title":{"rendered":"Art and textile functionality: Interview with Clara Sull\u00e0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Art and textile functionality: Interview with Clara Sull\u00e0<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Fashion designer? Interior designer? Acoustic engineer? The work of Clara Sull\u00e0<\/a> has a bit of all these disciplines, but she defines herself as a textile artist.<\/h2>\n\n\n
27 May 2020 by Monapart<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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In addition to functionality, her work has a lot of art. And as a good artist-craftswoman, she has a special sensitivity for the materials she works with, knowing how to appreciate the fabrics with almost all the senses: \"The touch, the smell, the visual effect and even the sound\". The only thing missing is taste, but after getting to know her work, we can say that the taste is ours.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Tell us about yourself and your work.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

I am Clara Sull\u00e0, textile artist and founder of textile design studio Sull\u00e0 Studio<\/a>where we design and create textile art for acoustic comfort and sensory decoration, applying it to acoustic absorption panels for indoor public spaces such as restaurants, hotel halls, conference rooms, offices, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We help interior designers, decorators, architects and those responsible for public spaces to differentiate themselves by bringing beauty, comfort and sensoriality to their projects and solving their echo and reverberation problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where was your vocation born?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

I have dedicated my whole life to art. My passion for fabrics comes from my grandmother, she was an embroiderer in a clothing shop and she taught me to recognise the sensations that fabrics transmit: the touch, the smell, the visual effect and even their sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, I use textile materials as the main creative element. Because fabrics have great expressive potential and can communicate sensations that humanise public spaces.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What do you find most satisfying about your work?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

What satisfies me most about my work is that it allows me to bring well-being, calm and pleasure to people. <\/strong>These are values with which I fully identify. When the user of a space feels at ease, enjoys a quiet conversation and can see beauty in their surroundings, I know that I am doing my bit to make their life more pleasant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Textiles have great expressive potential and can communicate sensations that humanise public spaces.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Any work you are particularly proud of?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The restaurant Nena Cove<\/a>located in the spectacular medieval village of Peratallada, is a clear example. The owner and chef, Carme Ramilans, transmits great creativity through her exquisite gastronomy and her taste for the decoration of the space. However, they had a serious echo reverberation problem that caused a lot of discomfort to the diners and even to the restaurant workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For them we designed and created \"El Cielo de Cala Nena\", an intervention on the ceiling of the dining room, made to measure 100% to respect the history and architecture of the premises. It is an acoustic absorption installation covered with textile art, consisting of 25,500 white fabric balls, as if it were a big fluffy cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We are very satisfied because, not only have we solved the acoustic problem, but, according to the client, the space has gained in beauty, comfort and uniqueness. She says that the customers feel so comfortable that they hardly want to leave the restaurant and that most of their customers come through word of mouth. I have always thought that when an experience touches you, you remember it and you recommend it<\/strong>. For this reason, \"El Cielo de Cala Nena\" is a good proof of this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are your sources of inspiration?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

I have two main sources of inspiration: On the one hand - and like so many artists - nature. I am particularly attracted to organic yet regular shapes, such as petals, scales, leaves, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And on the other hand, the fabrics themselves; I am inspired by their texture, their touch, their colours and the movement that each one offers; it's a whole world for me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is your creative process like?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

My creative process is very much marked by two techniques that might seem contrary but complement each other: I use innovative technological tools (such as laser cutting machines, digital printing, ultrasonic quilting, etc.) combined with a completely handmade process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Technology allows me to provide very professional finishes and qualities, as well as to work on a large scale, while the handmade process gives it the unique stamp, that which you cannot achieve with machines and which gives the project its personality.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any special music while working?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

When I'm working in the studio creating new designs I'm usually either in silence (when I need to concentrate) or listening to classical or piano music. I have always been very inspired by Ludovico Einaudi and I never get tired of listening to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Favourite colour, book, film and record - in that order!<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

I love cheerful colours, I avoid earth tones when dressing up and I love the infinite shades of white when working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am often accompanied by the books of Joe Dispenza (published in Spanish by Urano Editions<\/a> and by The Book Sphere<\/a>), because with them I discover an infinite world and what is more fascinating: the great potential we humans have to live the life we want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you ask me for a film, I'll name the trilogy \"Three Colours: Blue, White, Red\" by Krzysztof Kie\u015blowski. Maybe a bit old, but it had a great impact on me at the time and I am fascinated by the sensoriality and art that each of the films conveys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But there is also a documentary on Netflix that has changed my life. It is called \"Minimalism: the important things\".<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I like music from several different genres, but since I was talking about Ludovico Einaudi, I'll stick with his \"Una Mattina\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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