Grains

Grains

by | Mar 21, 2014 | Anecdotes

I was fourteen when I started going to my uncle’s workshop. He was a setter, like most of the guys in my family. I used to come and see him on Wednesday afternoons. He would tell me to sit next to him and I would watch him. After a few weeks, he gave me some...
MacGyver

MacGyver

by | Mar 19, 2014 | Anecdotes

A lot of people think that this profession(jewellery, nda) is a profession with people who are full of finesse. It’s not wrong, but in fact most of the time, we file, we saw, we cut, we hit the metal with a mallet, we grumble a lot. In short, it’s more...
The treasure of Naples

The treasure of Naples

by | Mar 17, 2014 | Exhibition and Fair

From 19 March, the Maillol Museum in Paris invites you to come and admire a collection that deserves to be called exceptional because it is travelling outside Italy for the first time. This means that this exhibition is sure to be popular. Indeed, this is the first...
A few diamonds, a ring and a big anger

A few diamonds, a ring and a big anger

by | Feb 23, 2014 | Anecdotes

A few days ago, I was having lunch with an old acquaintance. A very nice man whom I hadn’t seen for several years and who knew me as a young apprentice, freshly arrived in Paris in the early 2000s. As is often the case in the neighbourhood where I work, people...