HAMMERED “LEAF” POCKET TRAY

ANNICK TAPERNOUX IS AN ARTIST GOLDSMITH LIVING AND WORKING IN BRUSSELS. AFTER STUDYING JEWELRY AND JEWELRY DESIGN IN ANTWERP, SHE OBTAINED HER MASTER OF ARTS AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART IN LONDON. HIS WORK IS INTUITIVE AND TACTILE, IMPROVED BY HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE AND HIS LOVE FOR JAPAN. ITS OBJECTIVE IS TO CREATE OBJECTS IMPRESSED WITH A SERENE PRESENCE AND DISCREET BEAUTY. OBJECTS THAT INVITE TO CONTEMPLATION, TO RITUAL, WHICH MAKE THE ACTION CONSCIOUS. THE FEELING SHE WISHES TO COMMUNICATE IS THAT OF RADIANCE, LIGHT, EMOTION, PRESENCE. "I LIKE TO IMAGINE THE OBJECTS THAT I CREATE AS WITNESSES OF A VANISHED CIVILIZATION. GUARDIANS, SENTINELS OF A PEACEFUL AND QUIET WORLD. THE APPEARING SIMPLE SHAPES APPEAR SLOWLY, OVER THOUSANDS OF HAMMER BLOWS. THE FASCINATION RESIDES IN THE MATERIAL AND ITS SURFACE, WITH ITS APPARENT SIMPLICITY THE FORM SUPPORTS THE SURFACE, WHICH IS WORKED WITH SKILL UNTIL ITS MATERIALITY DISSOLVES.”