From French jewels to Japanese lacquer

Three hundred kilometers northwest of Tokyo live the greatest lacquer masters. It was with their help - and that of the "Mains d'Or™" from Van Cleef and Arpels' High Jewelry ateliers - that this class was created. 

During this course :
You will immerse yourself into two magnificent arts and crafts traditions: French Jewelry & Japanese Urushi lacquer. 

In the lacquer workshop, surrounded by tools and materials from Japan, you will create your own lacquer work butterfly using three of the lacquer master's ancestral techniques : applying color, Maki-e and mother-of-pearl mosaic. 

In the jewelry workshop, sitting at a workbench, you will shape the metal and encrust it with vegetable ivory to create motifs on the wings of a jeweled butterfly. 

This course will make you experience for yourself all the richness of these artistic professions.  

Your teachers :
This class is conducted by a Master of Japanese Urushi lacquer teacher and an expert jeweler. 

Good to know :
- You are welcomed by your teachers before the class starts: a chance to meet each other and share experiences.
- Coffee, tea and pastries are offered upon your arrival.
- You don’t need to bring any specific material.
- You leave the class with the creations you have made.
- A certificate is given at the end of the class.

What makes L'ECOLE experience so special :
- High quality education : L'ECOLE as education and research center has a scientific council.
- A very unique faculty : all the teachers are passionate experts chosen for their enthusiasm and skill in transmitting their knowledge.
- Generosity: skills are presented with ease in a enjoyable way, hands-on experience and dialogue. Classes are for everyone with no pre-requisites.
- Exclusive interaction: courses are delivered in small groups to allow students to discuss one-on-one with the experts. 
- Initiation courses : on an “à la carte” basis courses offered in English, to all those who want to learn and become enlightened amateurs.

To go further :
- If you want to go deeper in your understanding of the art of French jewelry, you can take part in the course “From the Wax Project to the Setting Techniques”.
- After each class, teachers deliver a list of books, podcasts, websites, Museums related to the course attended.