A CONVERSATION WITH ALIX DEPONDT-REYNIS

For as long as I can remember, I have always wanted to create beautiful objects. As a child, I secretly dreamed of becoming a designer of objects. That desire never left me: it led me from academic sculpture to the decorative arts, with the conviction that a well-designed object can brighten a day. The tumbler that holds your morning coffee, the light that dresses the room at dusk, the box you close at night with your jewelry inside: it is the emotion stirred by the beauty of these objects that transforms everyday life.

Today, each piece is born in my workshop, shaped by hand before being made in France, in Limoges. The jewelry, in silver-gilt, is held to the same standard of traditional craftsmanship. All my creations draw on the history of the decorative arts, from Antiquity to the 19th century, discovered in the museums I have visited since I was a little girl, to create timeless forms that never go out of style.