Portrait of French artist and materials researcher Loumi Le Floc'h, seated beside an arched Precious Peels panel made from dyed eggplant skin

LOUMI LE FLOC’H

French artist, designer, and materials researcher known for Precious Peels — translucent, jewel-toned surfaces made from dyed eggplant skin.

LOUMI LE FLOC’H

BIOGRAPHY
Loumi Le Floc’h is a French artist, designer, and materials researcher. Raised in southwest France amid lush, dense nature, she grew up attentive to the textures of the living world and to the poetry of how materials transform. She trained at the École nationale supérieure des arts visuels de La Cambre in Brussels, then at the Weissensee Kunsthochschule in Berlin. She is now based at Ateliers Zaventem, a laboratory near Brussels where designers from strikingly different specializations work alongside one another.

PRECIOUS PEELS
Her sole, ongoing research subject is Precious Peels, in which discarded eggplant (aubergine) skins are transformed into translucent, jewel-toned surfaces — somewhere between the delicacy of paper and the suppleness of fabric, evoking organic stained glass. Through a subtly controlled chemical process, she draws deep tonal ranges out of the skins, from bright reds to velvety browns to deep blues, as if light itself were dancing across the surface. The resulting material can be set between two panes of glass for one-of-a-kind glazing, used as a wall covering, or shaped into architectural panels, sliding doors, lighting, and custom objects.

EXHIBITIONS & REPRESENTATION
Her work has traveled to venues dedicated to design and material culture, including Paris Design Week, Maison & Objet Paris, and Collectible in Brussels. She continues her research at Ateliers Zaventem and is introduced by ADÈLE Collections in Paris.

Per the artist’s own published materials, individual piece titles, years, dimensions, and edition details are not publicly listed, so none are claimed here.

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Loumi Le Floc'h, Precious Peels — large hanging panel of dyed eggplant skin in a studio, viewed by a visitor

Precious Peels
Dyed eggplant skin — hanging panel

Loumi Le Floc'h, Precious Peels — storefront glazing installation with a green wave pattern in dyed eggplant skin

Precious Peels
Dyed eggplant skin — storefront installation

Loumi Le Floc'h, Precious Peels — close-up of translucent, dyed eggplant-skin strips in red, brown, and cream tones

Precious Peels
Dyed eggplant skin — material detail

Loumi Le Floc'h, Precious Peels — backlit detail of dyed eggplant-skin surface in blue, green, and amber tones

Precious Peels
Dyed eggplant skin — material detail

Loumi Le Floc'h pouring dried, processed eggplant skins from a box in her studio

In the Studio
Preparing dried eggplant skins

Loumi Le Floc'h kneeling on the studio floor, assembling a radial, fan-shaped Precious Peels panel

In the Studio
Assembling a panel

How Loumi Le Floc’h Turns Eggplant Skins Into Stained Glass
Loumi Le Floc'h, Precious Peels — large hanging panel of dyed eggplant skin in a studio, viewed by a visitor
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