Uncover Charlotte Chesnais’ sensual new jewelry

French jeweller Charlotte Chesnais’ aesthetic is synonymous with a stripped-back sensuality. Working in treasured supplies, she coaxes 18ct gold into smooth shapes and curving types that twist across the finger, neck or wrist. A grasp of minimalism, there may be nothing superfluous about her jewelry, with every curl, flourish and wave fastidiously thought-about.

Chesnais has constructed on these ideas with a brand new assortment centred round 4 ideas, significant to her personally. Initially creating the items for herself solely, she has expanded upon the designs to kind the brand new ‘Joaillerie’ assortment.

‘This inventive course of was, in some ways, each related and completely different to my ordinary manner of working,’ says Chesnais. ‘It concerned loads of quantity analysis: wrapping, coiling across the fingers and ears, whereas staying near the spirit that’s outlined the model from the start. We wished the items to really feel instantly recognisable, to hold that signature. However there was additionally this big constraint: the steel we labored with, 18ct gold. It pushed us creatively. [The results are] extra stripped again, extra introspective, however simply as inventive.’

The gathering is split into 4 themes: Spherical Journey, a reinterpretation of her traditional gold sculptural curves; Serti Sculpte, which utilises the model’s thread motif; Wave, the place fluid pearls take centre stage; and Twin, created by Chesnais throughout her being pregnant with twins. ‘I by no means thought I’d fall for pearls the best way I did,’ she provides. ‘However assembly a very passionate pearl skilled simply swept me away. It’s wild to suppose the ocean produces one thing like this. Even with human intervention, there’s one thing deeply fascinating about the best way we understand pearls. They’re surprisingly shifting, greater than I ever anticipated.’

She affords an identical respect to diamonds, utilizing them to stipulate golden silhouettes or putting them on the centre of a design. ‘With diamonds, it’s all in regards to the brilliance. It’s like sporting a shard of sunshine, a tiny piece of solar. I selected pure diamonds as a result of I feel there’s one thing dreamlike in that concept. Lab-grown diamonds, although extra accepted now, really feel a bit extra… manufactured, much less poetic. I work with accountable diamantaires, and for me, the pure diamond remains to be a part of a narrative that feels magical.’