III. Seashells
May, Tuesday 6th 2025,
This intimate and familiar theme emerged from a conversation with my dear friend, the artist Laurence Kiberlain, all about Brittany and collections of seashells.
Since childhood, I’ve been gathering shells everywhere,
surely to assemble them into a future project,
though I don’t yet know what it will be.
Together, we talked about scallop shells, the ones I’d once hung up during a summer, which clinked softly like the pleasant sound of sailboat halyards.
I also described the idea of fantastical, oversized jewelry, mixing brass wires with natural leather pieces I later crafted for the photo shoot with Théo.
The very next day, Laurence spontaneously sent me the drawing that you have right in front of you since then.
To find its soft and tangy colors, I showed the wonderful photographs in a cherished book by Henri Queffelec, a few illustrations from Nousdeux1984@Gmail.com, various antique engravings, and some personal photos…
My first theme was born.
See IV. Oualidia & Marie-Hélène →
