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Photo credit: Amalia Wakonigg
On the occasion of the launch of Vitaminé, a capsule collection inspired by the vibrant light of summer days, Sessùn presents a unique collaboration with three illustrators — Clara Cebrian, Emily Forgot, and Rosie McGuinness. Three female voices, three graphic sensibilities, united around a single object: the silk crepe scarf.
A nod to artistic forms and textile craftsmanship, this collaboration celebrates creative freedom, instinctive gestures, and the joy of color.
Clara Cebrian offers an intimate and poetic illustration, inspired by a personal memory from her studio. A everyday scene transformed by her line work, blending painting, visual storytelling, and subtle emotion. A meeting with an artist who breathes life into simple moments.
Could you tell us about how this collaboration with Sessùn came about?
They reached out to me by email and proposed creating a silk scarf together. I wasn’t familiar with the brand at the time, but I was immediately drawn to their aesthetic. I’ve been interested in textiles for years, so designing a scarf felt like a natural continuation of my artistic journey. We spent months exchanging ideas and sketches, refining things until we found the perfect image for the piece.
Your world mixes painting, animation, drawing… Could you tell us about your background, your work?
What inspires me can take many forms, and I’ve always searched for different ways to express it. I started out in a video-focused environment, which is where I discovered animation. There was something magical about watching my drawings come to life. It moved me deeply. From there, I gravitated toward drawing and eventually painting. Painting intimidated me at first, especially oil painting, it felt like something only “real artists” did. But over time, I found comfort in it. It lets me explore texture and create works with lasting presence. That said, I’m always looking for new forms of expression and connection.
Sessùn and you share a love for craftsmanship and tactile materials. How does this collaboration reflect your shared creative affinities?
I love working with my hands. Spending hours creating something physical, away from screens, feels like such a luxury. There’s a quiet beauty in turning raw, shapeless materials into a story. I’m drawn to repetition, to the rhythm, the focus it demands. I see that same respect for process in Sessùn: attention to detail, a sense of care, and the calm needed to do things well.
Your works often tell fragments of memories and scenes from everyday life, as we can see on this scarf. What inspired you for this particular illustration?
This image came from a very specific memory: a lunch I cooked for myself in my studio. When I cook just for me, I put in as much love and care as if I were cooking for someone else. I wanted the painting to celebrate the solitary artist’s lunch — that quiet moment when you pause from creating, surrounded only by your tools and your thoughts.
Every item in the painting tells a story: the tablecloth was bought in Kenya during a missionary trip I took at age 20; the jug is from my mother’s home, the one I was born in, and she gave it to me when I moved into my own place, to make it feel more like home; the silver fruit bowl belonged to my father’s family and is something I use every day. And on the plate, my usual solo lunch: peas with onion, bits of ham, and a fried egg on top. A little celebration.
You often describe your process as a visual travel journal. Does this collaboration fit into this intimate, image-based diary?
Absolutely. This scarf is a page in that visual journal, born from something I lived and then painted. And it makes perfect sense that it became a scarf: an object that can be worn, used, carried. I love when images leave the paper and become part of daily life.
If you were to extend this textile collaboration, what object or medium would you like to explore?
I’d love to continue. Before becoming a painter, I experimented with lots of things, for a while I wanted to be a textile designer. I made a duvet cover, pajamas, gift wrap… even a shower curtain! But managing the logistics, production, sizes, quantities, drove me a little crazy. So working with Sessùn, where I can just focus on the creative part, is a dream.
I’d love to design more, maybe jumpers with knitted motifs, tablecloths, bags, or picking color palettes for shirts. I think clothing is such a powerful form of expression.
