After a brief introduction by art historian Cécile Lugand, master lacquerer Franck Cengizalp invited the six participants to practice techniques associated with Urushi lacquer: colour application, gold dusting and mother-of-pearl mosaic.

I invited Vanessa Pinoncely, creator of the Dear Charlotte brand at The School of Jewelry Arts, to the course devoted to Art Nouveau. Her reactions.

The School of Jewelry Arts is now offering courses and practical workshops in very small groups. If anything, this enhances its core message: coming together, interactivity, conviviality between aficionados. Here are a few examples of what you can learn and experience…

In theatrical jargon, the piece of jewelry specially designed for a stage, part of the plot, is referred to as a “performing jewel”. Like the crown at a coronation: without it, nothing would make sense.

We forgot it : the inventory of men’s jewelry, just like that of women, ranges from rings and necklaces to chains and earrings.

The last “Evening Conversation” of the School of Jewelry Arts was dedicated to the Art deco style and the emblematic precious materials such as jade, diamonds, lacquer, exotic woods and sharkskin, from equally exotic places.

Thanks to more than a year of research, The School of Jewelery Arts has reconstructed the history of the fine pearls trade. Here are the results, revealed during an “Evening Conversation”.