March 2017 - l'envers du decor

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Peter Hopper
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about Pierre-Henri

Pierre-Henri is a newcomer in the jewellery field. He explains the difficulties related to the launch of his brand, his love of handmade work and his projects. Can you name jewellery designers you like? Alix, designer of MySen’s jewels. She is a young designer I met during fairs, I love her working approach, the skills she uses and her work delicacy. I am afraid I have a lack of culture about jewellers! Could you name other artists you like? Not really…I mean no artist directly inspires my creative work or my approach. I like Dennis Hopper but except a reference in the brand name – small nod to Easy Rider – he doesn’t inspire my work. Do you have favourite jewels? No…During a period, I wore many Touareg jewels I bought in some Morrocan souks and now I only wear one of my pieces but there is no specific…Continue Reading

Peter Hopper
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Pierre-Henri working days are split between his workshop in Vendée and his apartment in Nantes. A place is dedicated to the production and the other is dedicated to all the others tasks related to his activity. Where do you work? Most of my work is done in my workshop, for now it is at my parents’ house in a small village, next to Noirmoutier, and I also work in my appartment in Nantes. What is your favourite tool? The bocfil my saw, maybe because it is the first tool I have discovered but I think it is very useful. It is the tool I most often use. Even if mine is only five years old, it looks like an old tool because its wooden handle acquired a patina, it is becoming a beautiful object. What are the tools you mostly use? My saw to cut the metal, my torch to…Continue Reading

Meeting with Peter Hopper
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Pierre Henri is a young jeweller – only 27 – who has recently created his brand, Peter Hopper. Pierre-Henri plays with geometry and jewellery codes. He likes to sxitch roles between ornamental and structural materials. The lines are sharp and the jewel is elegant and modern, let’s discover together Peter Hopper’s universe. Could you please introduce yourself? Behind Peter Hopper, it’s me, Pierre-Henri. I am 27, I live in Nantes and I have started jewellery 5 years ago. How would you define your universe? It is a minimal, clean and contemporary universe. I am trying to transmit elegance and an original design while at the same time remaining sober. It is a creative whole driven by my meticulous side. When and how have you decided to launch your activity? This idea of creating my own brand is born during my last year at the jewellery school, in 2014, when I…Continue Reading

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Philip Sajet
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Interviewing designers such as Philip Sajet is one of the defined goals for this website. To be able to talk about this work with a person who have seen its evolution during several decades and to be able to transmit the information to new designers or interested visitors is very interesting and rich. To conclude this nice interview, Philip talks about the jewelry field, his love of art and his definition of talent. Could you name jewellery designers you like? Francesco Pavan, Giampaolo Babetto, Daniel Krüger, my wife Beate Klockmann, Gerd Rothmann, Vera Siemund, Suzan Rezac et Karl Fritsch. Do you have favourite artists? To my mind, there are three great artists in the history of the art world : Michelangelo, Rembrandt and Picasso. Moreover, there are Fra Angelico, Giotto, actually all the Italian Renaissance. And many others…I love Raoul Dufy, Chaïm Soutine, Modigliani, etc. In music, I like Bach, Vivaldi,…Continue Reading

Philip Sajet
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Philip Sajet’s minimal work can be found in his clean workshop. There is everything he needs, no more, no less. Visit of his workplace, in a village near Perpignan. Where do you work? I live in the South of France, I have a house in La Tour de France, next to Perpignan. It is a four floors house with a garage downstairs which is now empty but it used to be my workshop. My new workshop is on the third floor. There is a very nice view. Philip Sajet. Photo : © Thereza Pedrosa Philip Sajet – 2/3 Know-how What are your favourite tools? I like the saw, the file and the torch to weld, obviously. I like the saw and the lime because it goes straight and it embillishes the material. A hammer is mostly used for curves, I don’t use it a lot. I really like flat and…Continue Reading

Meeting with Philip Sajet
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Philip Sajet is a Dutch contemporary jeweler who lives in the South of France. Philip is a confirmed jeweler and he has become a reference for the contemporary jewel lovers over the years. He works towards minimalism : sharp lines, search of volume and a very small color and material palette. His work is a real questioning about the jewel status for humans and in the arts. Could you please introduce yourself? My name is Philip Sajet and I make jewellery. It could be defined as a very superficial and vain activity! I want to understand everything, I am very curious about what happens in the world : nature, politics, art, etc. I like to follow things through and I have always been surprised by my attraction to superficials things such as beauty, vanity, etc. Gathering these two contradictions took me a lot of time, it confused me. One day,…Continue Reading

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By Mutti
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In this last part, Eva provides advise and gives us more details about her tastes and her projects. Could you please mention 3 designers you like? I admire the modern designers from the Nymphenburg old factory. Ruth Gervich. Lightscape series and Hella Jongerius Animal bowls for the same company are amazing. And of course our Swedish classic designer Stig Lindberg, so important for our heritage in ceramics. Can you name major artists who inspire you (artists, musicians, actors…) ? Bob Dylan, Hokusai and Homer Simpson What are the necessary qualities to do your job? The qualities to my job is mainly focus. It is so tempting to go astary, and tell yourself it is OK! What would you advise to a new designer? I would advise a new designer to really search in his/her heart for the core essence of what to create. Because then there will be not so many questions about which direction…Continue Reading

By Mutti
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Eva shows us her workshop outside of Stockholm and tells us about her creative approach. Where do you work? I have a workshop in an old porcelain factory outside Stockholm. There I also have the storage of the by Mutti porcelain. I do sketching and drawing in my home. No, that is not completely true, I sketch absentmindedly on small pieces of paper lying around… What is your favorite tool? Why? My favorite tool is the simple pencil, when I can draw light hearted without pressure. What are the other tools you use? When I work with the handmade design I prefer a stoneware clay, that contains small grains of lava sand. Those grains bloom in the glaze, giving it life and texture. I buy that clay at our local ceramist store. That clay is for throwing. I throw very thin bowls that either are glazed in the small range of colors…Continue Reading

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