The artistic approach
I have always been passionate about art, history, crafts, creation and research.
My jewelry is created from an idea, an encounter, a story, an image perceived during my travels or a very personal request.
I see jewelry as the culmination of a project that brings together feelings from the arts such as architecture, sculpture, history, emotion, humanity, aesthetics, research, technique, innovation, precision, design, craftsmanship, know-how, memory, etc.
The jewel is the synthesis of all these elements, it is micro and macro.
It represents a symbol, a memory, a link, a heritage.
Beyond its monetary value, it is cherished in an irrational and emotional way, its sentimental preciousness is inestimable, it is the gratuity and freedom of this value that make it rich!
It's amazing how such a small object can contain and crystallize so much information, values and emotions.
During my artistic studies in Genoa, I was lulled by the spirit of the Italian Renaissance (14th-16th centuries), where man is at the center of the vision of the world , where nature is in perpetual transformation , regeneration, renewal.
Creation is thus a constant renewal in search of inspiration, innovation and new and old ideas, taken up and revisited.
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) took up this concept of " Natura Naturans*" , of "Nature in the making" , where the microcosm, Man , reflects the macrocosm, the Universe .
A parallel can be made between the micro functioning of the cell and the macro functioning of space: at different scales, their modes of operation are very similar.
Leonardo da Vinci's work, " L'uomo di Vitruvio " where he studies the proportions of the human body, depicts these two illustrations :
- the circle in the Middle Ages represented divine perfection: the macrocosm,
- the square represented the earth, the microcosm and its terrestrial dimension.
Man represented the link between the two universes, as a kind of medium, a mirror of the universe, a humanist model which places man, his value and his dignity, at the centre of the world.
My sources of inspiration are numerous.
Art, history, the Renaissance, Japan, Italy, nature, Opera, symbolism, futurism, architecture, Africa, sculpture , materials, dreams, life, movement, ….. in reality everything is a source of inspiration and above all, everything is a question of perspective , observation, curiosity and exchange .
If I have an idea, I write it down in my notebook, I make sketches, I think about it, I develop it, the idea matures, transforms itself and finally it takes shape: I sculpt the model in wax, then with the lost wax casting process, the sculpture is transformed into metal: silver, bronze or gold.
Sketches of various inspirations: spindle drawing, red chalk, gouache