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ANTOINE LABOUREL STARTED MAKING JEWELS IN 2019. HIS CREATIONS ARE DEEPLY ROOTED IN THE HISTORY OF ART, DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM THE ICONOGRAPHY OF ANCIENT BURIAL TREASURES. HIS DISTINCTIVE APPROACH EMBRACES RAW MATERIALS, PARTICULARLY OXIDIZABLE METALS SUCH AS SILVER AND WHITE BRONZE, ALONGSIDE DIAMONDS TYPICALLY REJECTED BY INDUSTRY STANDARDS. THIS COMMITMENT TO USING STONES WITH PROMINENT INCLUSIONS AND UNIQUE CHARACTER, OF VARYING SIZES AND SHAPES, ENSURES THAT EACH PIECE IS INHERENTLY UNIQUE AND CAN NEVER BE REPLICATED.

SELF-TAUGHT, ANTOINE LABOUREL HAS DEVELOPED HIS CRAFT THROUGH RESEARCH AND HANDS-ON EXPERIMENTATION, RELYING ON SCIENTIFIC WORKS DETAILING ANCIENT JEWELRY MAKING TECHNIQUES. HIS TRUE LEARNING BEGAN WHEN THESE THEORETICAL INSIGHTS WERE TRANSLATED INTO PRACTICE IN THE WORKSHOP. THE LIMITED USE OF MOLDS AND INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES IN FAVOR OF HANDWORK REFLECTS A COMMITMENT TO AUTHENTICITY AND THE UNIQUENESS OF EACH PIECE.

ALL THE PIECES ARE DESIGNED WITH REFLECTION, PATIENCE, AND TIME, EMBODYING A PHILOSOPHY THAT HONORS BOTH THE MATERIALS AND THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. THE CREATIONS BRING A DUALITY BETWEEN BRUTALITY AND TENDERNESS, SIMPLICITY AND REFINEMENT. THE AMBITION IS TO FIND A BALANCE BETWEEN CONTRASTING FORCES, CREATING A COHESIVE APPROACH WHERE EVERY DETAIL, WHETHER IMPERFECT OR PERFECT, CONTRIBUTES TO A COMPLETE HARMONY.

WITH MODERN, TRADITIONAL, AND INVENTIVE TECHNIQUES, ANTOINE LABOUREL’S WORK IS FULLY HANDCRAFTED IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE.