| “I created the M. Marceau atelier to raise awareness of the dying art of plumasserie, or feathers, among a new generation, while representing my own personal approach to the craft in a very modern and graphic way. I work and shape feathers as a material to ennoble a garment, accessory, piece of furniture or any other object – it’s a subject with which I communicate easily. This Autobianchi Eden Roc is my only property and I’m truly in love with it. Its restoration was about appropriation – I thought of the car as a costume and the feathers as a tie or pair of cufflinks. The relationship between the feathers and the other materials was judged so that the plumasserie did not dominate but rather emphasised. I braided the feathers like cane as a nod to Italian leather goods and to give the illusion that it was a period option.”
Maxime Leroy
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