French Canadian artist Aurélie Guillaume is a jeweler, enamelist and illustrator. She embraces the longstanding tradition of storytelling that enameling has and creates characters that embody the same emotions, colors and textures that inspired her as a child. I included a video link below with an interview with the artist where she goes a bit more into detail about this. She describes that when she was young she moved to the island Martinique, which had a huge influence on the way she saw the world. and the way she created her art. In her artists statement she writes... "Using traditional techniques, my work revives the medium through a contemporary context fueled by street art, comics, Pop art and counterculture. Employing a combination of jewelry techniques and illustration, my work mixes high and low art, while transporting viewers into a world more colorful and dreamlike than our own. Through the process of enameling, my illustrations transcend the two-dimensional realm of paper and are given new life in the physical world as wearable objects. With this work, I am reviving the traditions of enameling, as well as bringing sculpture and illustration into the context of contemporary jewelry." Most of the work I have included here and what she mostly works on to-date are champlevé broaches that utilize the wet packing enameling technique. Her pieces are emotive, vivid and extremely imaginative. I especially appreciate the attention to detail throughout the entire piece. Even the back side of the broach is given their own uniquely enameled design, that seems to be maybe stamped on? There is a great level skill that has been developed here, for sure! After enameling then the piece is attached to a wire backing with a clasp that mimics the form of each character. Guillaume's jewelry 'characters' have seemed to just have popped right out of an animation, the ability for the artist to tap into the imaginations of her audience is powerful and incredibly dynamic. I would personally be thrilled to potentially see some of these funky lads a bit more in action on the big screen! Tickle your imagination and check out more of Aurélie Guillaume's work on her instagram @mlleguillaume
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