EXCHANGE-BIJOU 1 – Marion Lebouteiller – from the bench chaos ……

Marion Lebouteiller

Among the bench chaos …… aussi beau avant qu’après …..

Among the bench chaos this afternoon … : wax rings to be cast in recycled sterling silver, black tourmaline crystals.

Marion Lebouteiller ​ – Lots of new rings are on their way to the casters! Can’t wait to see them in silver! sept 2017

Sending some new ABSOLU rings to the hallmarking office today ~ here is probably the biggest ring I have ever made!

Marion Lebouteiller ​ – Absolu ring -  recycled silver – juin 2017 - Marion Lebouteiller Jewellery

Marion Lebouteiller Jewellery​ -  Absolu sculptural ring – recycled sterling silver. juill. 2017

Marion Lebouteiller ​ – Azurite drusy ring at summer exhibition « Beyond the blue » at Gill Wing Jewellery London
piece I have made for Gill Wing Jewellery’s Summer exhibition BEYOND THE BLUE.
The ring has been cast from wax into recycled sterling silver and then I have set an azurite drusy on the side. I had the opportunity to go to London to visit the exhibition last week and it was amazing! More than 50 pieces of BLUE contemporary jewellery made from 50 international artists are exhibited until the end of August. If you happen to be in London, it’s really worth to head to Islington to have a look!  For details on how to get there click here

Marion Lebouteiller ​ – Azurite drusy ring at summer exhibition « Beyond the blue » at Gill Wing Jewellery London

INSPIRATIONS… Pierre SOULAGES

« This month I have been looking a lot at Pierre Soulages‘s work and it deeply inspires me. Pierre Soulages is a French artist born in 1919 who is known as « the painter of black ». Painting with black enables him to bring light into his work. « He sees light as work material; striations of the black surface of his paintings enable him to reflect light, allowing the black to come out of darkness and into brightness, thus becoming a luminous colour ».
Although I use a completely different process and material, the texture I get on my jewellery by stretching the wax resonates with his textures. What I see in his work and what I tend to do in mine is trying to make a shape or create a feeling that the piece has been made within seconds, in one breath. Even though the technique I am using is very difficult to achieve and that it takes a lot of practice and patience (!) I want to show something effortless that praises the instant gesture.
Do look further at Pierre Soulage’s work on the internet, you will be astonished by the quality of his work and look also for his early prints… real gems! »

// « Ce mois-ci je me suis fortement intéressée au travail de Pierre Soulages.
Bien que j’utilise une technique et une matière complétement différentes, la texture que j’obtiens en étirant la cire résonne subtilement avec sa peinture.
Pierre Soulages, peintre du Noir, voit la lumière comme matière ; les lignes épaisses de la surface reflétent la lumière, permettant ainsi au noir de sortir de l’ombre pour devenir lui-meme matière, lumière et couleur.
Ce que je vois dans son travail et ce que j’essaie d’acquérir dans le mien, c’est de donner l’impression que l’oeuvre a été faite en une fraction de seconde, en un seul souffle. Même si la technique que j’utilise est très difficile à maitriser et que cela demande beaucoup d’expérience et de patience (!), je souhaite montrer dans mes pièces quelque chose de fluide qui arrive sans efforts, naturellement et qui fait l’éloge d’un geste spontané, de l’instant présent.
Si vous ne connaissez pas les estampes de Pierre Soulages qu’il a faites préalablement aux peintures noires, je vous invite à les chercher sur internet, de vrais bijoux »  Marion Lebouteiller

Marion Lebouteiller ​ – Absolu rings – recycled sterling silver