My Story
Johanna Fusco – textile artist
Back To The Origins
Do you also believe, as I do, that childhood is a wellspring of inner richness?
Mine unfolded in freedom, running wild through the Mediterranean countryside, immersed in its scents and sounds, drenched in sunlight. I was nourished by the magic and beauty around me, fed by a boundless creative energy. Like a little woodland faun, I felt both protector and protected by the sacred space that was nature.
I came to know it instinctively, sensually, intimately—because I was part of it, and it was part of me.
Then came the time to grow up. To meet expectations.
A PhD, a career in research… I studied the nature I loved so deeply—its landscapes, near and far, past and present—to understand its mechanisms and challenges.
But I never stopped walking in the mountains. Or creating.
Despite all my efforts to fit into the academic mold, it was only in those moments of freedom and creation that every part of me felt alive and true.
And each time I had to leave them behind, the ache grew deeper.
So off I went.
I stopped fighting the child and the wild creature within me, who begged me to break free from the structure that stifled me a little more each day.
I returned to my untamed need to create, to feel, to express freely.
To the Mediterranean mountains and garrigue—the roots of my being, and the inexhaustible source of my energy.
They had always been there.
Waiting for me.
What I learned
We all carry within us a silenced child.
A captive creature, held back by fear, wounds, uncertainty.
To listen to them—to set them free—is to unlock our spontaneity, our creative power, our deepest essence.
To trust them is to embody our own heroic nature.
And to finally become whole.
Sauvage & Beau was born of that energy.
Through my creations, my mission is to awaken your senses, nourish your soul, and invite you to reconnect with your true self.
It’s a wild run through the hills.
A call to your untamed nature.
A joyful invitation to come home to yourself—fully, presently.
Back To The Origins
Natural fibers and colors each tell their own story.
They shift before our eyes, with the light, the seasons, the years.
They guide us through imperfection, change, and asymmetry—movements that reflect our own.
They invite us to see the beauty in it all.
Woven together, they tell not one story, but a forest of stories.
They blur the boundaries between space, time, and matter, and invite us to get lost in them…
to rediscover the present with more wisdom, more clarity.
To find ourselves again.