Exhibitions

In 2022, Louise Vurpas participated in Bling Ring, an exhibition on contemporary jewelry alongside 23 other jewelers at the Lamartine artistic wasteland in Lyon.

This exhibition will also be brought back to Paris in October 2023 as part of the Parcours Bijoux.

For this event whose theme you will have understood, that of tinsel, Louise chooses to divert the material by working with silver and its double. Two rings made of silver (metal) and silver (banknotes). For the Caillasse ring, the banknotes are considered as a material in their own right, a raw stone to be cut which will become an enormous solitaire.

As for the Porte Feuilles ring, bank notes replace, well arranged in their setting, an alignment of precious stones.

Louise plays here with the different meanings of material and financial preciousness by shaking up their codes and values.

For her diploma thesis, Louise once again seeks a diversion. She is interested in animal materials (in particular that of chicken because it is more ordinary and less expensive) and seeks to ennoble it, to give it a precious and refined aspect. She cuts the bone, tests the tanning of the leather of the skin of the legs...

The meticulousness of the work, the attention to detail and the resumption of classic forms of jewelry, gives this raw material a luxurious side.

It was at this time that the designer became interested in chicken bones, then later, bovine bones, and its ivory appearance with which she liked to adorn her creations.

During the Parisian trade shows in January 2014, Paris Capitale de la Création took over the 14 windows of Galeries Lafayette Haussmann to introduce the general public to the fashion and design trends of spring-summer 2014.

For the occasion, 6 brands are selected and highlighted, including Louise Vurpas jewelry, which has the honor of representing the Bijorhca show.