Made from fragments of buildings found on Calabash Bay beach (Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth, Jamaica) after hurricane Melissa (28 Oct.2025). Making new beauty out of destruction. Keeping memories. The nickname Magpie comes partly from the way I collect objects that I find precious around me. My nest being in Treasure Lire la suite…
A brass breeze enveloping natural materials from Jamaica.Another evolution of the Fragile Jamaica line.Inspired by the swirling winds I experienced during a trip to Ireland (see Magpie Mobile#3). I sometimes wondered if they were coming from or going to Jamaica, on the other side of the Atlantic. If i can Lire la suite…
Made of Sahara sand and Caribbean waters, inhabited by European seasons, shaped by the vibrations of the beings I have encountered along my path Imagined during the Belgian step of the Magpie mobile studio 2025, i did the first try of this new collection on the road. I played with Lire la suite…
Summer 2025 – Ireland – Donegal – Antrim Coast The third step of my mobile studio bring me to Ireland. My idea, based on last year experience, was to settle the studio on the collect spot to work there, in the landscape. Irish weather forced me to adapt along the Lire la suite…
Inspired material and forms wise by Beryl, the hurricane who hit so hardly Saint Elizabeth and Treasure Beach in July 2024. And by the resilience of the inhabitants of « my » community.Using the zinc from roofs found all around, shaped like a tornado, as people describe the incredible wind that passed Lire la suite…
A new chapter of our signature collection « Fragile Jamaica », the one begun 12 years ago, featuring natural materials collected around the Island. A humble way of putting the beauty of Jamaica’s nature into the spotlight. A collection inviting reflections on the fragility of ecological balance. Encouraging its preservation, on all Lire la suite…
A collection that’s formally both a return to my roots and a look to the future. Roots, because directly inspired by the first shapes spontaneously created when I made my very first piece of jewelry 20 years ago in Burkina. A new exploration of these forms, with formal inspiration from Lire la suite…
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Summer 2024 – Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal From a place to a piece: Magpie Mobile Saison 2, On the road again for the second year, little mobile residence… A project from the mobile studio: 3 months on the road in Europe, (Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal), some kilometers, incredible places, great Lire la suite…
Let’s find new ways to navigate this global world in 2024 taking inspiration in precedent struggles Let’s replace fears with curiosity, and before, after and in between, let’s Love (music: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised / 1971 / Gil Scott-Heron)