Arveil’s published articles share her in-depth research on the practice of applied arts during the European Enlightenment, as well as 20th-century creative processes.
Many articles presented here were published under Benoît Rolland’s signature and aim at representing his art, knowledge, and concepts for bow making. They were conceived and written by Christine Arveil, based on her collection of his knowledge and know-how through conversations and observation of his work. The texts were also informed by her research on 18th- and 19th-century French crafts, including the history of French bow making, as well as on the gathering and analysis of Benoît Rolland’s personal archives.
Together, they elaborated a lexicon for speaking of bow making, a craft and art form that had remained mostly of oral transmission before this endeavor, to extensively preserve and communicate the historical heritage of the French School of bow making that Master Benoît Rolland famously carries and evolved.
Benoît Rolland reviewed each text before its communication to the public, checking minute accuracy and exactitude of the facts and descriptions to the best of his knowledge. He personally created the visual documents (photographs and drawings) that illustrate articles.