In partnership with the Natural Diamond Council, Esprit Joaillerie wanted to present you the creations of jewelers around the diamond.
Here are some diamond creations from Lydia Courteille.
Dear Lydia, you love stones for their aesthetics but also for their history,
What story does the natural diamond carry?
The natural diamond It is a wonder of nature; it represents a memory of the earth; it has existed almost since the creation of our planet.
It has been found since very ancient times, as in the time of the Vedic civilization, which dates back to about the 2nd millennium BC in India.
At that time, the diamond is used as an idol eye in the Indian pantheon.
Diamonds, Bruns Diamonds, Black Diamonds, Sapphires, Tsavorites, Rubies, Diopside, Peridot, Black Gold, Gold.
© Lydia Courteille
The object of desire is the hardest material known.
The diamonds It also makes me think of a story. It is said that the Indians drowned the fabulous mines of Golconde so that the English would not find them!
What does natural diamond represent in your eyes?
It must be said that nature buried it like many precious stones, forcing men to extract it as if it were something that should be earned.
Do you have a story about diamond rings? ?
For example, this one, I bought an antique ring depicting a snake that eats a mouse completely covered in cobwebs. diamonds. Destiny has it that I sold it as a wedding ring. Amazing!
Diamonds, White Gold
© Ejcw / Lydia Courteille
How do you buy your diamonds?
Most often used second-hand.
Sometimes I buy jewelry whose stones I use in new creations; this is the case with jewelry featuring diamonds.
Have you visited a diamond mine?
I was lucky enough to visit mines diamonds in Namibia.
These are diamond-bearing sands where the rough diamonds are found.
They are brought by the waves that cause the erosion of pipes that are located on the coast.
These Namibian diamond deposits come from ancient volcanoes that once lined the country’s Atlantic coast. Mining takes place along the beaches and coastlines, where massive machines suck up the sand to sort it and extract the diamonds. rough diamond.
It’s interesting and unusual.
Only the diamond resists the erosion of the sand.
Moreover, it is forbidden to stop on the road that runs through them!
Can you introduce us to two of your creations adorned with diamonds?
Diamonds, Sapphires, White Gold
© Lydia Courteille
Here is the cat in diamond, It illustrates the iconic Choupette, the white cat known as the «sacred cat of Burma» from
Karl Lagerfeld. I chose him because he has a story; it was made for Karl’s birthday.
My second choice goes to my collection of farm animals.
In this collection, I was inspired by the novel of the same name by Georges Orwell. It is a visionary novel that foretells the failure of socialism through the story of the takeover of power by the animals of a farm. The animals take over and drive out the humans.
My mouse was exposed to Museum of Modern Art for the exhibition Medusa.
Thank you, Lydia, for sharing with us your creations adorned with diamonds.
