Born from the earth
Since returning to the Alpes de Haute Provence 8 years ago, I have been driven by a deep sense of belonging to the land on which I live.
Overall, my inspiration comes from this region. It begins on the worn ridge of Montagne de Lure and extends to the rugged peaks of Les Monges. The space connecting these two heights is dotted with flourishing meadows, clear springs, arid plateaus, abundant forests, and deep canyons.
To love this place requires being immersed in every aspect, like a wild animal would be. While I currently live in the heart of a small town, I escape as much as possible into this nature, always eager for raw beauty and treasures offered by the earth.
When I'm outdoors, I try to learn from a landscape, I think of rivers as living beings, and I remain silent before the beautifully mysterious way the sky paints itself before nightfall.
There is much to learn from animals and plants; during my walks, I try to pay attention to the grasshoppers that leap with every step from the dry, seeded grass, to the pungent and medicinal scent of yarrow and wild sage meadows, to the sounds of heavy summer rains streaming over the dry, golden earth, to the discreet footprints of a roe deer that came to drink at the spring, to how death always nourishes life in the heart of nature.
This nature helps me to become and remain authentic. I like to think that the bond I have formed with it has contributed to shaping me and my art.
For me, the jewelry most imbued with this connection belongs to one of the latest collections I created: De La Terre
The essential thing was to choose a few gleaned objects, carefully kept all this time, and transform them into a coherent, contextual, and meaningful beauty for me as well as for the people who will eventually wear these jewels.
These brass or silver ornaments are reproductions of small treasures that one picks up, often keeps in one's pockets or sometimes close to one's heart. They are collected in a secret corner of one's home as if to permanently keep a piece of nature indoors.
