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| Monday, 19 April 2010 11:29 |
In the world of jewelry sometimes happen that we encounter amazing and delicate stuff, typical of other times, when the great artisans took the time necessary for shaping. Philippe Tournaire seems to belong to that time.To speak of Philippe Tournaire is to speak in capital letters of architecture of the jewelry. His favorite hobby is watching everything around him, hence the greatness of their pieces loaded with symbolism and artistic wealth. Tournaire uses technology of last generation to create jewels inspired by the antique, and although it is paradoxical, the certain thing is that Tournaire makes of the paradox a life form. In fact, in its biography consists that it owns a diploma in electronics. Strange, isn't it?  His travels through Europe, Africa, Middle East and United States have enriched him and brought so many experiences that maybe he runs out of time to translate them into new creations. P. Tournaire likes the symbolism, the words spoken in a firm way with master lines.Of all his collections, highlight undoubtedly "DREAM HOUSE", a line of architectural rings, pieces very common in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries as wedding rings among the Jews, to symbolize their new home, plus a reminder of the destruction of the temple of Jerusalem. The oldest ring of this type found so far dates from the sixth century AD.In addition, DREAM HOUSE rings can be ordered from an existing house that we like, or of our own design, since the software permits.  Watching their collections Tournaire clearly has raised the jewelry to a higher stage, returning classic designs, and teaching us that we may still successfully recover and adapt old ideas to new times.
Web site: http://www.philippetournaire.com/ Advice: images of article are from web site of artist. |
| Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 August 2010 13:22 |
