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Studio

From unique pieces to small series, experimentation to commissionned work

Some specific pieces are also visible in the Corpus and Bibliography sections

Check also the News section about the 3 pieces I designed especially for the Unterlinden Museum shop
in Colmar/France



A very nice commission…

At the beginning of 2024, to celebrate 40 years meeting his wife, a [very nice] husband ordered me a piece, leaving me totally free to imagine whatever would suit the situation and the blue-eyed future wearer.

I came out with a yellow gold necklace set with a fantastic "mirror-cut" brazilian Aquamarine.

A few weeks after the piece was offered, I was happy to treat the couple with a book I had edited online,
telling the story of this special project and showing most of the making-of in my studio.



Within Paris Parcours Bijoux 2023
October 2 - 29, 2023

"Hommage à Joël Faivre Chalon" par CORPUS

Galerie Gimpel & Muller
12, rue Guénégaud / 75006 Paris

Two brooches (2023)
Lapis, Titanium, Gold, Platinum, Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel

My homage to my late dear friend and colleague Joël is based on samples of crystalized Titanium plates
he had given me decades ago, and that I had forgotten in some hidden corner in my studio.

Looking for ways to express myself through them, I simply started spontaneously combining a blue one
with a gorgeous piece of rough Lapis.
I loved the strong contrast and paradoxical closeness that were revealed.

I imagined a second piece, remembering how Joël's infinitely precise work had always impressed me
and especially his use of micro screws in sophisticated assemblages.

I made an abstract replica of the Lapis' shape out of yellow Titanium
and combined it with a special gold and platinum alloy plate.

In each piece I wanted the two materials to look as similar as possible.

These two brooches might be the beginning of a kind of "domino-game" series.






Within Paris Parcours Bijoux 2023
October 2 - 29, 2023

"Citational Art"
Curated by Elsa Vanier

Galerie Chéret
11, rue Mayet / 75006 Paris


My pieces (2 sterling silver rings and a pendant) refer to Roy Lichtenstein's work and more precisely the presence of dots in many of his paintings




Within Paris Parcours Bijoux 2020

CORPUS 9 : "I am not a Robot" exhibition at Manjari & Partners / Paris / 7 - 24th October, 2020

For this event I designed a series of pieces based upon the specificity of the human being, processes of learning through errors, the role of tactile contacts, etc…

A special series of "hidden words" pendants use famous quotes from SF films like Ridley Scott's Blade Runner or Stanley Kubrick's 2001, a Space Odyssey, in which robots or "replicants" jeopardize human life







Within Paris "​Parcours Bijoux 2017​"
series of contemporary jewelry events 

Corpus 8 : "Digression" exhibition / Sept.26 - Nov.26, 2017 / Maison de Victor Hugo / Paris

Inspired by Hugo's fantastic creativity, his very modern capacity to see beauty in abstract details, I have designed a series of pieces which question our visual perception.

Across-Shoulder Pendant 
Patinated Aluminium / Heatshrink tubing / Stainless steel cable
Main : 23 cm
"Parallel Worlds" The Masculine/The Feminine : Pendant Copper / Iron / Diam. 8 cm




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Pendant
Bifocal lenses, partly sandblasted / 

Silver









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Ring
Sandblasted glass / Goldleaf / Silver


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The typical green light of goldleaf










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Shoulder Pendant
Silver / Sandblasted Glass /  
Goldleaf / Cable / Heatshrink Tubing

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Ring
Gold and Lead


   

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Pendant / Silk Paper on Silver
Antique Glassbead / Nylon

  

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Necklace * (sold at Paris Drouot/Piasa auction / nov. 2020)
Patinated Brass / Japanese Paper /
Tennis Racquet Nylon String / Silver /
Fine Gold / Heatshrink Tubing
/
Stainless Steel Cable

  

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Necklace
Patinated Brass / Japanese Paper /
Tennis Racquet Nylon String /
Sandblasted Glass / Silver /
Heatshrink Tubing

  

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"7 Lunas" Necklace
Sandblasted Glass / Silver /
Patinated Zinc / Japanese Paper /
Steel Fishing Line

  

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Ring Aluminium /
Patinated Bronze / Brass


  

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Backside

  

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Ring Patinated Bronze

  

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"(W)holes" Cibatool Rings

  

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"(W)holes" Cibatool Ring

  

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Pendant "Y"
Silver / Japanese Paper /
Rubber

  

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Pendant "X"
Painted Silver /
Paraffin /
Stainless Steel Cable

  

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Shoulder Pendant "Chromosomes"
Sandblasted Glass /
Perspex / Stainless Steel Cable



  

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Pendant 
Sandblasted Glass Hollow Lens
Stainless Steel Cable



  

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"Holà Ramon!"
Necklace

Stainless Steel Cable
Nylon / Silver / Turquoise
Patinated Silver / Silk Paper
Heatshrink Tubing

Collection Espace Solidor / Cagnes-sur-Mer / F




  

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Pendant 
Hematite Powder /
Partly Printed Tracing Paper /
Copper Thread


  

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Pendant
Silver / Nylon /
Quartz lens




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Shoulder Pendant
Glass / Paint /
Stainless Steel Cable


  

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Shoulder Pendant
  Sandblasted Glass
Goldleaf / Stainless Steel Cable

Silver


This piece got broken and later transformed
(see in the commissioned work section below)

  

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Back Pendant for Karlsson Couture / Helsinki
Silver / Rubber


  

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Silver and Stainless Steel Man's Bracelet













Within Corpus research work

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"Jewellery and the Sacred"
Bracelet

Sandblasted Glass / Aluminium /
Japanese Paper




Now in the permanent collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs (MAD) / Paris / "Galerie des Bijoux"



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Patinated Silver Pin "Modello"






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Presentation within the Maciet Collection
at the Arts Décoratifs Museum Library / Paris







  

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"Appropriating Jewellery"
Pendant
Malachite Powder /
Tracing Paper /
Copper Thread






  

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"Time"
Rings
Silver













A  special piece

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Stainless Steel Cable and Yellow Gold Bracelet (1982)

Long time Christophe Burger's exclusive personal piece,
directly set on his right wrist without any clasp,
this bracelet became some years later "Forget-Me-Knot",
a very special item in Burger's collections for Lapponia/Helsinki.








"Square in square" pins

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In the '80
Rubber and Formica pins


section of the book " Bijoux "



One of these has been bought by the Musée des Arts Décoratifs / Paris




"After having experimented a lot with rolling mill-printing
my interest for textures found its way later on through wax modeling"


Small Series

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Patinated Silver Ring

  

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Palladium White Gold Ring

  

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Heavy Silver rings

  

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Enamelled Silver Ring

  

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Silver Rings "for two or three fingers"

  

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Stainless Steel Cable / Rubber Rings










  

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Silver / Silverleaf Ring












Experimentation

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"Hand" Objects 
Cibatool / Balsawood

  

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"Hand" Object
Cibatool / Japanese Paper

  

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Commissioned Work

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750 Yellow Gold ring / Diamond





"I would like a discreet ring for my  3ct diamond..."

  

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Deconstruction of a classic
Sapphire / Diamonds /
750 White Gold
 

"My husband offered me a ring thirty years ago.
I am sure you can do something about it"

  

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Reconstruction
Sandblasted Glass /
Goldleaf /
Patinated Silver


"The cleaning lady let it* drop. 
We would like something totally different with the broken pieces"




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