Jordane Somville 

Jordane Somville is a Ceramist and jeweller and a member of the Federation of Ateliers d’art de France who defends and highlights French arts and crafts.

IRK: Jordane tell us your “Why” 

Jordane: After 9 years in fashion as a jewelry stylist, I needed to find meaning in creation, to find experimentation, and to put away drawing, so I could directly play with materials. Porcelain was the evident medium, I spent 4 years with Marie Drouot who trained me for it. Then I started my contemporary jewelry brand in 2014, inspired by works of primitive gesture, surrealism, and art.

IRK: What are you most passionate about with respect to taking care of people and the planet? 

Jordane: Sharing my passion with amateurs and students through classes that I give animates me a lot. I love the emulation it gives to the studio and to collections. It opens us to large visions and questions about arts and crafts. The collective spirit offers great freedom of creation and mutual trust. Working with clay allows this direct connexion to the planet.

IRK: What are some conscious actions you implement in your daily life?

Jordane: In Paris, it’s evident that public transport is the most practical and that biking is becoming easier and easier thanks to cycling paths. Our workspace is only equipped with used jewelry workbenches and used furniture. We also work on a just-in-time production. Working on demand, we can guarantee a minimum loss of material. Our ceramic pearls of passing collections are sold to embroiderers and mosaicists to offer other creative proposals. We recycle all raw clay losses.

IRK: Jordane what’s your hope for the future of the planet? 

Jordane: The planet seems to be complex and rich enough to have the capacity to renew itself if we manage to stop touching it as we do today. I feel that today there is a collective awareness that tends to move toward new ways of consuming, creating, and manufacturing, which is changing our way of life.

What Sustainable Development Goal do you align with the most? (https://sdgs.un.org/goals)

Jordane: Number 15 Life on Land