ANNICK TAPERNOUX IS AN ARTIST GOLDSMITH CURRENTLY BASED AND WORKING IN BRUSSELS. SHE WAS TRAINED IN JEWELRY DESIGN AND GOLDSMITHING IN ANTWERP AND HOLDS A MASTER OF ARTS FROM THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART IN LONDON.

HER WORK IS BOTH INTUITIVE AND TACTILE, MARKED BY HER CONNECTION TO NATURE AND HER AFFECTION FOR JAPAN. IT AIMS TO CREATE OBJECTS THAT EXHIBIT A SERENE PRESENCE AND SUBTLE BEAUTY, INVITING CONTEMPLATION AND RITUAL, WHILE ENCOURAGING MINDFUL GESTURES.

THE FEELING SHE ASPIRES TO CONVEY IS ONE OF RADIANCE, LIGHT, EMOTION, AND PRESENCE.

"I LIKE TO IMAGINE THE OBJECTS THAT I CREATE AS WITNESSES OF A VANISHED CIVILIZATION — GUARDIANS, SENTINELS OF A PEACEFUL AND CALM WORLD.
THE APPARENTLY SIMPLE SHAPES EMERGE SLOWLY, OVER THOUSANDS OF HAMMER BLOWS.
THE FASCINATION LIES IN THE MATERIAL AND ITS SURFACE, WITH ITS APPARENT SIMPLICITY. THE FORM SUPPORTS THE SURFACE, WHICH IS SKILLFULLY WORKED UNTIL ITS MATERIALITY DISSOLVES."