A flower decorated with rubies and sapphires
My pattern and my photos of flowers and an Art Deco Van Cleef & Arpels brooch (Ruby, sapphire, diamonds) dating of 1920/1930. This stylised flower reminds me of a carnation (œillet in French). Stylised figurative designs were also popular in the Art Deco period (1910-1939) : flowers, leaves, fountain, half moon, stylised animals, shells, stylised…
Art Deco geometry
Jean Fouquet brooch, Rene Boivin scroll brooch (1930) and my Art Deco inspired patterns. Jean Fouquet brooch has a Ziggurat inspired shape.
The vintage Polish illustrator Wladyslaw Theodor Benda
Wladyslaw Theodor Benda was a reputed illustrator during the golden age of American illustration. He was born in 1873, in Poznan, Poland. He moved to New York in 1902. “He began his career in 1905 primarily an illustrator and graphic designer, contributing regularly to magazines such as Harper’s Weeklyand Good Housekeeping.” He also worked for Hearst’s International…
Traits de lumière
My design based on my photo of light reflection through electric shutters on the table.
A moon balloon
My photo of the ballon of the 2024 JO at the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris. The balloon is back this Summer in Paris (June 21st – September 14st 2026). The tree is maybe a Lebanese cedar. “Paris 2024 and EDF have joined forces to create a fuel-free flame, composed solely of water and light.…
Pre-Raphaelite inspired photoshoots (1)
Pre-Raphaelism was a British artistic movement, born in the late 1840s, in London, during the Victorian era. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a group of three young students of the Royal Academy : William Holman Hunt (1827-1910), John Everett Millais (1829-1896) and Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882). They rejected any form of academism ; they wanted to…
Croisillons de lumière
My design based on my photo (light reflection through electric shutter on the table)
Light fever
My design based on my photo of the light’s reflection on my table, through roller shutters.
Japanese forests lightened by fireflies
Christine A Kysely wrote a beautiful haiku : “Fireflies dance at night Many small fires flickering Moon can only watch.”
Light stripes
My design based on a blur photo of a diamond jewel adorning a basketry handbag designed by Yan Lipao at the exhibition “Mode en majesté” about Thai fashion at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.
A rose under neon lights
My design based on my photo of a yellow rose, my art deco inspired pattern and my blur photo of an Art Deco jewel.
Un chat enveloppé d’un voile de soie rose
My photo of my cat Riva and my scarf (my pattern).
French Riviera dream
Mix of two photos of Nice and Antibes i took in September 2024 : garden of the Monastère de Cimiez (Nice) and a photo of Antibes (arch).
Everything is cuter with cats ! (4)
“The time spent with a cat is never lost.” (Colette, a French writer).
Deauville Art Deco bath cabins, France
“In 1921, the Parisian architect Charles Adda (1873–1938) won a competition to replace the ancient bathhouse. His design was titled “The Pompeian Baths”. He was inspjred by classical Antiquity but added Art Deco designs with straight lines and the use of concrete. Exquisite blue mosaics decorated the bath cabins. 250 cabins were built in 1923.…
