SERGE THORAVAL

t l’empreinte de la main qui les a martelés et façonnés, que l’empreinte des mots qu’il avait choisis d’y graver. Fortes et romantiques, les formes soulignent souvent ces mots : la médaille
« Genèse »,grande spirale comme le monde en création qu’elle décrit ; le « Ba**er », dont les joncs enlacent le poignet . Puisés dans ses lectures, souvenirs, suggestions de proches, les textes reflètent la sensibilité et l’émotion que Serge voulait partager avec ceux qui porteraient ses bijoux. Pour qui choisit d’offrir, pour qui reçoit ces bijoux, l’intention du «message» est immédiatement investie d’un sens intime et unique.

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“Some people are too incandescent to cool down into small embers. They live ten, a hundred, a thousand times more things than others
in the same time. They are a thousand times happier, a thousand times sadder, a thousand times more talented, a thousand times more generous, a thousand times angrier...And when they go, they pass away young, because they already lived a thousand lives.”

Far from the conventional and smooth shapes, the jewellery created by Serge bears as much the imprint of the hand that has hammered it as that of the words he chose to etch on it. Strong, yet romantic, the shape often enhances the words: the “Genesis” is a medal etched in a large spiral evoking the turmoil of a new born world; the “Kiss” is a set of bangles entwining the arm. Chosen in his favorite books, from his memories or suggested by friends, the texts convey the sensitivity and emotion that Serge wanted to share with the people that would wear his jewellery. For those who buy it, for those who receive it, the “message” is immediatlely filled with a personal, intimate meaning.