Visage (face)

   
Tapestry probably woven in the Picaud workshop in Aubusson. Circa 1980.
    Chazaud, originally from the Creuse department of France, revealed in his tapestries the extent of his affection for the natural world in which he grew up and which he, like Gaston Thiéry (and Maingonnat before them) largely drew on for inspiration.   The female form is, however, another thematic inspiration for Chazaud; with his flower-women, his leaf-women, he reintroduces the human face and profile to the art of tapestry.