par Elsavanier | Oct 22, 2021 | Visites d'ateliers
Tous deux joailliers, Philippe et Laurence Ratinaud créent des bijoux d’esprit contemporain à la fois précieux et bruts intégrant des matériaux tels que le bois, l’émail ou la porcelaine. Ils ont remporté de prestigieux concours internationaux : lauréats « De...
by Elsa Vanier | Nov 19, 2019 | Workshop Visits
A few years ago, I had the pleasure of visiting the DJEVA factory and discovering a large manufacturer of synthetic sapphires and rubies located near Montreux in Switzerland. The factory runs 24 hours a day and employs nearly 80 people. The history of Djeva goes back to the...
by Elsa Vanier | Tue 2, 2017 | Workshop Visits
Who better than John Moore could illustrate a Exhibition dedicated to colour? He chose aluminium for its ability to be stained and inked as well as anodised... I met John at a Exhibition in London in 2014. His name had been blown out of my mind...
by Elsa Vanier | Tue 3, 2015 | Workshop Visits
Bright colours and green plants quickly give way to tools usually associated with the masculine world... Welcomed by Marianne's youthful smile, reason is failing: but how can we use blacksmiths for women? ...
by Elsa Vanier | Sep 24, 2014 | Workshop Visits
The windows of this luminous workshop open onto a beautiful courtyard of an industrial building, as can still be seen in some districts of Paris. One is greeted by the jewels flat and on the wall, a kind of showroom that would almost make you forget the industrial atmosphere...
by Elsa Vanier | May 20, 2013 | Workshop Visits
View of Paris from the studio window Salomé Lippuner is a jewelry artist who combines goldsmithing techniques with traditional Japanese lacquerware. The classic Wajimanuri technology involves about thirty steps of work, to finally arrive at the...
