Paris, France — Paris was an open-air jewelry box throughout the month of October as the Parcours Bijoux (Bijoux Pathway) brought some 250 contemporary jewelry makers, creators, artists and designers to museums, galleries and other venues in the French capital during the month when art studs the Parisian landscape. The event is a trampoline for contemporary jewelry designers who create works resembling objets d’art and it offers a special palette of jewels to the public at large as well as private collectors who flock to the event which was held for the fourth time this year. It also showcases the social, symbolic, anthropological and talismanic sides to jewelry. The Parcours Bijoux initiative came about in 2011 as a response to the lack of dedicated structures for emerging jewelry creators. It was created by the association D’un bijou à l’autre (From one jewel to the next) and brings together contemporary jewelry professionals and representatives of French jewelry associations. Through the support of the city of Paris and Francélat, the French watch and jewelry economic development council, the Parcours Bijoux event is held every three years.  The Gourmet Gazette brings you a selection of these intriguing, masterful works, that have recently been showcased in Paris through Parcours Bijoux. 

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Trish Valicenti for The Gourmet Gazette