02 May 2017

Accident jewelry

The designer, Violaine Febvret, revisits her geometric heritage to let the materials speak for themselves. She begins with molten metal in free and natural forms. No preliminary drawing, no initial idea … “I welcome chance and go along with the accidents. The ‘Thunderbolt’ cuff came about from a prototype in wax which unfortunately or rather fortunately broke.” Imperfection as ultimate beauty.

  • "Gold flow" cuff made of gold and silver

  • "Crumpled paper" silver pendant

  • "Rocky inlet" cuff made of gold-plated bronze

  • "Crumpled paper" silver brooch

  • "Thunderbolt" silver cuff

Most popular articles

Clothes and precious stones by Christopher Esber

Beyond aesthetics, Christopher Esber believes in the positive virtues that certain crystals worn directly on the skin possess.

Botter's small car jewelry

Botter, the Dutch creative duo made up of Lisi Herrebrugh and Rushemy Botter have turned colorful little cars into jewelry.

Responsible, recycled or mined gold, who’s using what?

In this issue we offer a non-exhaustive overview of pieces heralding these new jewelry values.

"Fly me to the moon" – Noor Fares' Wing Shop

On “Wing Shop” the new e-shop of Noor Fares, you can entirely customize the “Fly Me to the Moon” earrings.

Rouvenat returns!

The positive values initiated by Léon Rouvenat, almost two centuries on, are modernized.

205,000

During the conference organized by the jeweler L’Or du Monde (pioneers in the use of recycled gold), the Systext association painted an apocalyptic picture...