MICHELE DELVILLE SPRING/SUMMER 2012 COLLECTIONS

                                                                                                                                             

StyleshopUSA debut client Michele Delville Couture Art Jewelery for this year’s Oscars 2012.  Delville was  raised in France and moved to the United States in 1979 and is now residing in Manhattan. She studied classical jewelry in New York and uses Ancient Techniques of lapidary and metalwork, cutting beads and alloying her gold, silver and electrum. In 2001 she received an award from the Women's Jewelry Association.

Delville’z  personal challenge is to emphasize the intrinsic beauty of the rough stones, tampering with them as little as possible and turning them into wearable art – her trademark.  Her amazing designs combine an ancient sensibility with a modern edginess, to create a modern classical look. She dislikes the "perfect" look that modern techniques give, finding perfection "cold".  Preferring the beauty of hand-made jewelry, the designs she creates reflects a strong, timeless and primitive feeling.  With heavy influence by the powerful civilizations of the past : Egyptians, Romans, Greek  the jewels of these civilizations, while being highly refined,  emphasize the strong pure form that she evokes in her work. For Delville it is moving to imagine the history  of the ancient beads and artifacts she uses and the people that made them, wore them, and the tools used to make them .

                                                                                               

Delville is currently showing her work at the J. Cotter Gallery in Vail and Beaver Creek Colorado, Roslyn in Manhattan, and The Museum of Natural History in New York, The Museum of Natural Sciences in Houston.

                                   

Michele Delville is represented in the USA by StyleshopUSA.com and images of her recent  work can be found here www.styleshopusa.com For more details about making a purchase, or having a custom design piece Made for your wedding or special event  please contact

Mike Gardner | Marketing & Sales | SZTV Media Group | t: 323 466 3227  | events@styleshopusa.com