IL CONCEPT

“HEAL WITH THE HEART; WHAT IS ESSENTIAL IS INVISBLE TO THE EYES!”

This is the symbolic quest the Belgian Isabelle Lenfant features in what she calls her “heart jewels”.

“Il by Isabelle Lenfant” ’s art jewels are not only set in the Rock and Roll universe reflecting her own personality... they are also pierced by life emotions.

The jewel has its own symbolic power. It is offered as a present, a souvenir, it tattoos the person adopting it.

« IL by Isabelle Lenfant » ART jewels are designed hand-crafted, in the pure jewellery tradition. Made in Belgium and in France.
“IL’s” creations exist in hand-polished sterling silver (925/1000) or charcoal grey oxidized.
Silver is a living matter that individualizes each creation. In time ... life tarnishes and oxidizes it... This matter itself symbolizes the concept of uniqueness that is developed thereafter in Isabelle Lenfant’s creations... it consolidates and embraces it.
As “Il by Isabelle Lenfant”’s creations are neither silver plated again nor rhodium... they oxidise in the course of time... If you want them to remain as they are just clean them with a soft cloth or use a product for silver. Though cut to the quick as if life had already brushed them... the chains are joined together by links soldered by hand.
Lockets are also hand-cut and each of the keys is chipped in a different way... that makes them unique.
Polishing makes it a mirror... reflecting shades and lights...
A large part of Isabelle Lenfant’s search focuses on individuality, on the adjustable side of her creations. Chains can be worn in various ways, in different lengths... what allows the one wearing the jewel to make it his/her own.

The Collection extends to 18 carat gold items, black, white... but mainly pink ones to wear life in another way.
Gold is a matter that time can’t deteriorate. That way it symbolizes the sparkle kept in our eyes despite our own life’s chaos...
Today “Il by Isabelle Lenfant” ‘s creations are set with precious or semi-precious stones, according to the stones symbolic and colours, inside the ring allowing the skin to be in contact with the stone and its qualities (link: symbolic stone colour/qualities).(Blue: Serenity/ Green: Hope/ Red: Love and Protection/ Pink: linked to Venus: Tenderness and Happiness/ Purple: Temperance/ White: Pureness/ Black: Humanity and Respectability/) (Silver: Everlasting Love (25years silver wedding anniversary/ Gold: Love faithful to the time’s tracks (50 years golden wedding anniversary)) - (Emerald: Pureness/ Diamond: guarantee for Eternity/...) Own desires and secrets could also be engraved...
Custom-made jewels to transform the proposed item into one unique piece reflecting the one who will adopt it...

Karina Noyons

KARINA NOYONS born in 1964 is part of the young generation of jewellery artists in Denmark, who are creating jewellery with a new and refreshing approach.
"Karina Noyon works with mobility and velocity in her jewellery. Pieces of ear jewellery are made of a silver spiral, so they rock when there is motion; neck jewellery swings in front of the body like a pendulum, and the pieces of head jewellery called 'Self-Swing' is a mobile that is set in motion by the movement of the body....A piece of arm jewellery consisting of a broasd lamina is provided with a rubber lamina next to the arm....
" Dansk Smykke Kunst 1960 - 2000 by Lise Funder

www.noyons.dk

Daniel Von Weinberger

Daniel Von Weinberger was born in Antwerp, Belgium, on June 1950.
From 1965 until 1973 he studied jewellery, fashion and theatre design at the Royal Academy of Art in Antwerpen and Precious Metal Worker, after that he learned enameling at the Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem, followed by a year in sculpture in Antwerp.
He participated in more that 50 exhibitions in Begium, USA, Germany, Japan etc...
He has the reputation of being the most extravagant of the modern jewel designers.

Pictures Exhibition 2007

Dominique Favey Blackmore

Dominique Favey Blackmore borned in 1952, lives and works in Paris where she studies sculpture.
She always been interested in jewelry and worked for the Haute Couture (Paco Rabane, Christian Lacroix, Ungaro...).
She is also producing her own jewelry line.