Collection: KAREN GAY

FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS, KAREN GAY HAS BEEN DRIVEN BY A PASSION FOR DESIGN AND CRAFTSMANSHIP, FORGING SCULPTURAL FORMS THROUGH THE EXPLORATION OF THE CIRCLE, THE ELLIPSE, THE VOLUTE, AND THE CURVE—TIMELESS SHAPES, SOURCES OF LIFE. SHE EXCELS IN MATERIAL EFFECTS—RAW, ORGANIC, VOLCANIC—ACHIEVED THROUGH RETICULATION TECHNIQUES AND BY DEPOSITING MOLTEN FINE GOLD ON GOLD OR SILVER.

GRADUATED FROM THE FINE ARTS SCHOOLS OF HER NATIVE COUNTRY, ENGLAND, AS WELL AS FROM THE PRESTIGIOUS GULDSMEDHØJSKOLEN IN COPENHAGEN, SHE WAS AWARDED BY QUEEN MARGRETHE II THE BRONZE MEDAL AND THE SILVER MEDAL (KUNSTHÅNDVÆRKERPRISEN AF 1879) FOR HER CREATIONS.

KAREN GAY MOVED TO FRANCE IN 1992 AND OPENED HER FIRST STUDIO-BOUTIQUE IN VERSAILLES—A SPACE OPEN TO ALL, WITH THE DESIRE TO SHARE HER CREATIVE PASSION, A HIGHLY CONTEMPORARY STYLE AT THE TIME, AND THE COMPLEXITIES OF HANDCRAFTED WORK WITH A WIDER PUBLIC.