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Jewellery kaleidoscope

French jewelry designer Jean Boggio

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Closeup. Vermeil, citrine and peridots ring from ‘Architectura’ series, 2005. French jewelry designer Jean Boggio

Closeup. Vermeil, citrine and peridots ring from ‘Architectura’ series, 2005. French jewelry designer Jean Boggio

French jewelry designer Jean Boggio
Born in 1963 in Algeria, French jeweler Jean Boggio became known for his monumental and intriguing rings inspired by fairy tales, legends and childhood dreams. His design combines elements of Gothic architecture, church reliquaries with fabulous animals and nature. Starting to create jewelry at the age of 17, Jean opened his first jewelry workshop in 1984 in Lyon. Four years later, the designer showed his “palace rings” at the Grand Palais in Paris, which brought him success and recognition.
He makes museum pieces with miniature eighteenth-century sculptures of kingdoms, tiny bridges and castles, embodied in rings, brooches, earrings and bracelets. The designer uses precious metals and stones – gold, silver, emerald, citrine, ruby, onyx and others.
According to Jean Boggio, he is “an artist who tells stories with his hand” and not a designer, because he works in a team, often with local craftsmen.
Since 1990, he has been interested in arts and crafts, starting to create luxurious household items – lacquered boxes, silverware, elegant vases and furniture using various materials – metal, porcelain, glass, wood, etc.
Jean Boggio is a jewelry designer, artist and businessman who collaborates with famous French designers and factories. For more than forty years of creative activity, the artist has sold hundreds of his works at the most prestigious auctions.

L’île magique Cythère gold ring

L’île magique Cythère gold ring

The Magic Island Cythera ring with a secret compartment inset with an ancient looking Roman-style floor. 18k yellow gold, silver, titanium, precious and semi-precious stones. 2022. Created for the Sotheby’s inaugural sale ‘Art as Jewelry as Art’

Maker’s mark

Maker’s mark

French jewelry designer Jean Boggio

‘Circus’ collection vermeil cuff bracelet

‘Circus’ collection vermeil cuff bracelet

‘Extraordinary garden’ brooch. Gold, fine stones

‘Extraordinary garden’ brooch. Gold, fine stones

‘Jungle’ earrings. Yellow gold, in openwork plates of palm trees and foliage studded with diamonds, joined by a flower of tourmaline

‘Jungle’ earrings. Yellow gold, in openwork plates of palm trees and foliage studded with diamonds, joined by a flower of tourmaline

Amethyst and silver ring from ‘Byzantium’ series

Amethyst and silver ring from ‘Byzantium’ series

Floral motif ring

Floral motif ring

Gilt bronze necklace with monkeys from Jungle collection

Gilt bronze necklace with monkeys from Jungle collection

Green aventurine, vermeil, malachite, amethyst and citrine rings from ‘Architectura’, ‘Parade’ and ‘Jungle’ series, 2005, 2010

Green aventurine, vermeil, malachite, amethyst and citrine rings from ‘Architectura’, ‘Parade’ and ‘Jungle’ series, 2005, 2010

Harlequin silver spice cellar

Harlequin silver spice cellar

Seahorse gold pendant for Air France. 2000

Seahorse gold pendant for Air France. 2000

Silver cuff bracelet, round pendant and ring from ‘Jungle’ collection. 2010

Silver cuff bracelet, round pendant and ring from ‘Jungle’ collection. 2010

Jewelry designer Jean Boggio

Jewelry designer Jean Boggio