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Harumi Klossowska de Rola

Daughter of famous painter Balthus and Japanese artist Setsuko Ideta, Harumi Klossowska de Rola grew up surrounded by art, literally. Since her early years, spent in Villa Medici in Rome, she always loved to express her artistic self. At the age of seven, she saw a collection of precious gems and was so enthralled by it that she decided she wanted to create jewelry. She spent her teens in Switzerland, enjoying horse riding and learning calligraphy, living in the amazing Grand Chalet de Rossinière, an 18th century mansion built to stock… Swiss cheese in its cellars. After a few years spent working with John Galliano, Harumi started creating her first line of jewelry, loosely inspired by a collection of oriental buttons and ribbons her mother kept in a drawer. In 2008, she created her first pieces of haute joillerie, a commission by Boucheron to celebrate the brand’s 150th anniversary. This first collection sets the beginning of a new path, as Harumi starts experimenting with precious metals and gems. 

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Daughter of famous painter Balthus and Japanese artist Setsuko Ideta, Harumi Klossowska de Rola grew up surrounded by art, literally. Since her early years, spent in Villa Medici in Rome, she always loved to express her artistic self. At the age of seven, she saw a collection of precious gems and was so enthralled by it that she decided she wanted to create jewelry. She spent her teens in Switzerland, enjoying horse riding and learning calligraphy, living in the amazing Grand Chalet de Rossinière, an 18th century mansion built to stock… Swiss cheese in its cellars. After a few years spent working with John Galliano, Harumi started creating her first line of jewelry, loosely inspired by a collection of oriental buttons and ribbons her mother kept in a drawer. In 2008, she created her first pieces of haute joaillerie, a commission by Boucheron to celebrate the brand’s 150th anniversary. This first collection sets the beginning of a new path, as Harumi starts experimenting with precious metals and gems. 

Signature Style

The natural world with its flora, fauna and some fascinating beasts, has always been a recurring theme and source of inspiration in Harumi’s work. Snakes and lions, dragons and panthers, hawks’ heads and fish tails, become precious necklaces and bracelets, elaborated rings and hairpins… All her creations are a homage to the hidden beauty of fragility, and a celebration of bold aesthetic. Through the years, she has developed a very personal conceptual approach in her design, striving to create objects that can have a dual function, both a piece of jewelry and a sculpture, “something that you can wear, or you can exhibit on a shelf”. 

Showstoppers

Besides her jaw-dropping jewelry collections for the likes of Boucheron, Chopard, Van Cleef & Arpels, Valentino and Chanel, Harumi has created an original capsule collection of decorative objects and matching jewels for the revered brand Goossens Paris. Inspired by the magnificent shapes found in nature, Harumi delivers an exquisite menagerie of sleeping lions and coiled serpents, blooming mistletoes branches, fabulous fig leaves & pomegranates transformed into delicate objects made by the skilled goldsmiths at Goossens 

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