Sport and combat objects, luxury icons, each one carries something beyond its function. A boxing glove remembers every fight. A football helmet holds every impact. A designer bag holds every desire.

I cover them in crochet — a second skin — and something shifts. What seemed fixed becomes open. What seemed simple becomes complex. That's the space I work in: between opposites that don't usually meet.

For me, the image is part of the work. From the first stitch, I already see the final photograph; the staging, the light, the object in its full dimension. Sculpture and image are inseparable.

SPORT

I work with sport objects found in flea markets and vintage markets. I'm drawn to those that carry traces of their life; dents, scratches, a cracked visor. I imagine the lives of those who wore them, the emotions felt, the moments shared. Until the object was abandoned. Sometimes given away, sometimes simply forgotten.

By wrapping these objects in hand-crocheted textile, I give light back to what no one looks at anymore. I seek to reveal an aura that persists even when function disappears.

POWER

Violence is often spontaneous. Fast. Instinctive. A reflex.

I'm drawn to the objects that carry it — guns, grenades — precisely because of what they represent. And I respond to them with the slowest gesture I know: crochet.

Stitch by stitch, I divert them from their purpose. Not to erase what they are, but to suspend it. To open a space where something else becomes possible, tenderness, perhaps. Or simply, peace.

COMMISSIONS

LUXURY

The world of luxury fascinates me. The almost sacred quality of certain bags, the aura of great houses, objects that transcend their function to become projections of desire, success, and fiction.

Between exceptional craftsmanship and symbolic power, they open an imaginary space made of dreams, forbidden things, and self-staging.

I question this power of fascination. The way certain objects seem to acquire an almost magical presence.

By wrapping them in hand-crocheted textile, I'm not trying to hide them, I'm trying to feel their aura. As if the crochet becomes at once a protection, a filter, or a way of slowing down my own gaze.

Sophie Inard creates custom textile sculptures for brands, venues, and institutions looking to bring an unexpected artistic dimension to their space or identity.

Each commission is developed in close dialogue with the client, from a single bespoke sculpture to a large-scale installation.

2024 commision : Harley Davidson Paris.