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Annie Sibert

Annie Sibert Jewellery maker
Contact
French, English
Hours:
By appointment only
Phone:
+33 669615606
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Experiments from every angle

  • • Annie opened her workshop in 2009
  • • Experimentation is central in her creative process
  • • She makes some of her tools herself

Annie Sibert is a contemporary jewellery maker and visual artist. A former violinist, she always wanted to make music or work with her hands. In 2003, she discovered the jewellery workshop at the Decorative Arts school in Strasbourg and was fascinated by the quantity of techniques, tools, and materials available. Her works have an experimental dimension. Annie likes to mix metals and use techniques in a novel way. She observes how she can use a tool differently, and loves being surprised by accidents or unexpected results. Since 2015, Annie has been learning the Ipsa technique alongside Hong-Jung-Sil, a Korean Intangible Cultural Heritage artist. Annie is the first non-Korean to be trained by her. Annie participates in exhibitions in exceptional places such as the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, the Lalique Museum in Wingen-sur-Moder and the Gilgeum Institute in Seoul.

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Works

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Heim

Heim means house in Alsatian and this is at once a sculpture and a jewel in a box. Annie Sibert used the shape of the crucible and turned this cherry wood shape on a wood lathe. She hollowed out the walls by reproducing the crossings of the beams of half-timbered houses, then filled these voids with metal. For this piece Annie was inspired by ancient half-timbered houses that were designed to be dismantled and moved.

Photo: @XingWei
Ipsofacto

Ipsofacto is a sculpture that looks like a pearl necklace presented out flat. It is made up of chiselled iron discs, encrusted with a single pure silver wire and thus all connected. The technique used is called Ipsa, a Korean damascene technique.

Photo: @XingWei
I’ve got you

The Ove bracelet comes from the 'I’ve got you' jewellery design series. It is made in silver, vermeil or silver/gold. The technique used here is lost wax casting. It is moulded to look like a hairband. A wax version is made and then melted to finally obtain the same object in solid metal. The series is composed of rings, bracelets, earrings, and necklaces.

Photo: @XingWei
Tailor-made sculpture

Tailor-made sculpture is a unique ring. It is made of 925 silver, iron and various voids. The metals are brazed together, then the resulting block is turned on a metal lathe. The boring of the block makes it possible to reveal the random patterns hidden in the block.

Photo: ©Annie Sibert
Sentinelle

Sentinelle is a crystal and silver necklace. It is composed of a chain whose rings are made of cut silver plates and an oversized crystal clasp. We can see the technical elements inside the clasp, including a spring that allows the closure. The elements of the necklace all come from known forms of primers used in jewellery.

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