Lines Are Both Singular and Free

Linea was born from the traces a pen leaves on paper. From what we draw in the margin of a notebook without noticing as we think, from what we scribble while explaining an idea, from what we draw with thought and care on a carefully chosen sheet, or from the first sketch of a design...

The Collection's Inspiration: Reflections

The line is the first moment a thought becomes visible. Sometimes it leaves our hand unnoticed; while the mind is elsewhere, the pen finds its own way. Sometimes it is measured, weighed, erased and drawn again. Both belong to us: one reveals what passes through us, the other shows where we want to arrive. A dot is a pause, a curve a hesitation or a delight; crossing lines are an encounter, parallel ones a companionship on the road.

The line is so spare a form that it has nowhere to hide. It tolerates no excess and exposes whatever sits uneasily. It may be straight or curved; resolute or hesitant, brief or stretching on... It gives direction, separates, joins; and sometimes it simply stays still and rests the eye. A line is a sentence on its own: said in few words, yet complete. Lines, to me, are the handwriting of the sentences that pass through us.

The Collection's Language: Less Is More

Every piece in my designs takes shape in my hands through traditional goldsmithing techniques. In this collection, as I carried the trace on paper into silver, I tried not to adorn it; I wanted the line to remain what it is. Rather than adding silver, I took it away; I brought the form down to the sparest state it could carry. Where a stone or a drop accompanies it, I wanted it to do so without interrupting the line.

I want the pieces of this collection to remind the wearer of their own sentence: short or long, tangled or clear; but their own.

"I have simply brought the trace a pen leaves on paper together with silver."