Description

Bespoke Bronze Candelabra Les Fleurs du Mal by Alina Alimorean.
Dimensions: W 8.75” x D 6.5” x H 9” are for the larger candlestick of the two.

Place of Origin:  France,  21st century

Born into a family of avant-garde architects in 1968 in Transylvania, Alina is a french artist living and working in Paris, France. She graduated in 2005 from the Haute École de Joaillerie in Paris and won several international jewelry design contests ( Tahitian Pearl Trophy, HRD Diamonds Design Awards ). Her Invincible Cape entered the Diamond Museum in Antwerpen, Belgium and her one-of-a-kind bespoke jewelry and objects are part of private collections around the world.

The guiding line in her work is freedom. Freedom to live, freedom to escape domination and freedom to misuse all sorts of found objects and turn them into wrapping powerful and soulful bodyjewels. She calls them “Les guerrières”. She may use all sorts of materials yet simple techniques and easy to wear despite their weight, but what defines more her work is the energy and magic she instills into them. She gives free rein the metal to flow into efortless wrapped jewelry and objects shapes, in black silver or bronze, without controlling much the process. Accidents amaze and delight her as well. But tension and rigor are always here.

Chance and play, the unexpected and the experimental nourish and surprise her imagination in a need for incessant wonder, combining instinctive creation and questioning about the second meaning and escape.

Just like love, Alina’s poetic jewelry and objects are diabolically divine, bordering on the unbearable and constantly pushing the limits of what is wearable and what is acceptable.

Price Upon Request.