- Kunst & design
In the south Mallorcan region around Campos, Adriana Meunié works from a home studio she shares with her partner, a ceramist. There, among old farmhouses, pastures, and the countryside, her tapestries and textile sculptures take shape. She studied fashion design in Barcelona at BAU Escola Superior de Disseny, but never felt entirely at home in that world. Instead, she developed a deep fascination for textiles in all their forms, a passion she now channels into boundary-pushing creations.
Meunié’s work originates in traditional tapestry techniques, yet she employs these methods to bring a highly personal vision to life. Her exploration revolves around a form of rugged elegance: the interplay of wild textures, volumes, and shapes in which the materials tell their own story. She works with raw, natural materials from her surroundings — including wool from the sheep she helps shear, esparto, carritx, and raffia — giving the objects a direct connection to local traditions and craftsmanship. It is a conscious choice to allow the materials to speak in their primal state. 
A central theme in her work is the relationship between interior space and landscape. She investigates how elements from nature can enter domestic life, for instance through fibres reminiscent of grass or wool evoking the animal. Some works reconstruct abstract landscapes, inviting the eye and touch to engage with texture and three-dimensionality. While she places little emphasis on conveying emotions such as sorrow or joy, she aims for her work to elicit a bodily response: calm, alertness, or perhaps subtle discomfort.
Her tapestries and textile works in esparto, raffia, and wool tell stories of rural labour, countryside life, and the intrinsic beauty of natural fibres
The artist’s studio is located in Ses Covetes, in the former cowshed of her home, where she lives with her partner and ceramist Jaume Roig. By reducing the living spaces, they created additional work areas used for diverse techniques: sewing, paper work, wool processing, and the creation of large-scale tapestries. The surrounding environment, including their chickens, ducks, goat, cats, and dog, inspires and influences the creative process. The southern Mallorcan countryside, with its flat, rocky landscapes, provides colours and textures that are reflected in her work. 
Meunié works with a delicate balance between planning and spontaneity. She usually starts with a general idea of form and material but allows the textile itself to determine its shape. The loom and stitching on canvas offer her different ways to explore texture and volume. She emphasises that craftsmanship is essential, but the outcome is not merely a craft object. ‘I acknowledge that I am working with artisanal processes. That said, I am not creating artisanal objects, but artistic ones’, she explains. The use of local materials and the connection to traditional roles such as sheep shearer and farmer highlight both the origin and value of the material.
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Photography by Adriana Meunié
Text by Carolien Depamelaere