December 2025
Jewlery Design
Description
to investigate the dynamics between form, weight,
materiality and iconology.
Trophées, Michael & Memoria. 2025. Photographed by Gabriel Makinde.
October 2025
Trophées
Description
Lost-wax cast .925 sterling silver
Weight117g
Heavyset barbed wire necklace. Lion medallion, two lion’s teeth and two crocodile’s teeth pendants.
Commissioned piece.
Weight117g
Description
Commissioned piece.
October 2025
Michael
Description
Lost-wax cast .925 sterling silver
Weight40 g
Rosary bearing a baroque-style cross and a centerpiece of Saint Michael.
Commissioned piece.
Weight40 g
Description
Commissioned piece.
October 2025
Memoria
Description
Lost-wax cast .925 sterling silver
Weight46 g
Rosary bearing a family crest, an amulet,
Saint Paul and a Celtic cross.
Commissioned piece.
Weight46 g
Description
Saint Paul and a Celtic cross.
Commissioned piece.
September 2025
Heirloom
Description
Lost-wax cast .925 sterling silver, softwater pearls
Weight47 g
Pearl necklace with
a redmechanism-free clasp links of silver.
Weight47 g
Description
June 2025
Tandem
Description
Lost-wax cast .925 sterling silver
Weight 62 g │ 76 g
Sculptural necklace made of solid modular links.
Commissioned piece.
Weight 62 g │ 76 g
Description
Commissioned piece.
March 2024
Étoiles de mer
Description
Lost-wax cast .925 sterling silver
Weight26 g
Starfish-shaped pendants hanging on a chain.
Weight26 g
Description
Creative Approach
Deconsting semantics My preliminary studies deconstruct the original semantics of my references, reinterpreting them through successive iterations of drawing and carving until they are reduced to their essential symbolic and structural form.These studies guide me into establishing a vocabulary for my forms who will later be sculpted into final models.
Credits
Concept
Jewelry Design
Wax Sculpting
Assembly
Documentation
Photography
Photo Post-Processing
Polishing
Casting
Leo Buende
Gabriel Makinde
Gabriel Makinde
PP Polisseur
Alloyco International Inc
Concept
Jewelry Design
Wax Sculpting
Assembly
Documentation
Photography
Photo Post-Processing
Polishing
Casting
Michael Bensussan
Gabriel Makinde
Gabriel Makinde
PP Polisseur
Alloyco International Inc
Concept
Jewelry Design
Wax Sculpting
Assembly
Documentation
Photography
Photo Post-Processing
Polishing
Casting
Dylan White
Gabriel Makinde
Gabriel Makinde
PP Polisseur
Alloyco International Inc
Concept
Jewelry Design
Wax Sculpting
Assembly
Documentation
Photography
Photo Post-Processing
Polishing
Casting
Gabriel Makinde
PP Polisseur
Alloyco International Inc
Concept
Jewelry Design
Wax Sculpting
Assembly
Documentation
Photography
Photo Post-Processing
Polishing
Casting
Gabriel Makinde
PP Polisseur
Alloyco International Inc
Concept
Jewelry Design
Wax Sculpting
Assembly
Documentation
Photography
Photo Post-Processing
Polishing
Casting
Gabriel Makinde
PP Polisseur
Alloyco International Inc
Concept
Jewelry Design
Wax Sculpting
Assembly
Polishing
Documentation
Photography
Photo Post-Processing
Casting
Gabriel Makinde
Alloyco International Inc