From my mother's jewelry box, a colorful treasure trove representing every style and era, from precious family heirlooms to costume jewelry, undoubtedly educated me in a way about different styles according to fashions and periods, and in a lack of prejudice towards costume jewelry, which my mother wore just as much as any other. For me, they held the same value, often sentimental. I was fascinated by this treasure trove, and since I was quite crafty, my mother often asked me to repair broken jewelry or create new pieces from spare parts. Much later, I felt the urge to create beautiful things to make life more beautiful, and one day I fell head over heels for a stall selling French-made scoubidou cords: their colors were vibrant in the sunlight! I looked for ways to use them and invented my own techniques. That's how it all began.