THE LIGHTEST OF TOUCH

This year marks the 60 th anniversary of Piaget’s ground - breaking Altiplano collection . We speak to Emilie Moutard - Martin , the feather artist who was engaged to help Piaget celebrate this sexagenarian milestone in utmost style

BY CHARMAINE HO

How did your relationship with Piaget start? We met in 2013. I was doing an exhibition at the Grand Palais and some people from the Piaget team met me there. I was presenting some of my personal creations; a mix between jewellery and clothes, with feathers that had golden leaves. It’s a particular technique that I developed to be able to put silver or gold leaves on a feather. When the Piaget team saw my work, they immediately thought that something could happen between us. The first piece we realised was a bangle from the Secrets and Lights collection. Tell us more about this gold overlay technique. What’s really important for me creatively is that the texture of the feather still appears when I put the silver or the gold…

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Harper's Bazaar Singapore (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2017

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