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.
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’
French jewelry designer Jean Boggio
