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Stardust: The Work and Life of Jeweler Extraordinaire Frédéric Zaavy featuring Stunning Photography by John Bigelow Taylor and Dianne Dubler

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  • Concept, photography and production by John Bigelow Taylor and Dianne Dubler (Kubaba Bespoke Books). Taylor and Dubler have created photography for over 300 books focusing on works of art, architecture, jewellery, and antiquities.
  • Text by French philosophical writer Gilles Hertzog
  • Published by Officina Libraria, Milan

NEW YORK, March 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The first monograph dedicated to Parisian artist-jeweler Frédéric Zaavy, featuring dazzling images by John Bigelow Taylor and Dianne Dubler, was launched in January 2021. Stardust: The Work and Life of Jeweler Extraordinaire Frédéric Zaavy presents a portrait of an artist who strived to paint the beauty of the universe in precious stones. Zaavy considered himself heir to the legacy of Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, gem dealer to Louis XIV, and was chosen as the exclusive jeweler for the 21st century revival of Fabergé. Inspired by nature, quantum physics, philosophy, art, music, and literature, his poetic sensibility saw him create daringly intricate pieces with hundreds or thousands of tiny gems that came together like pointillist objets d’art.

The photographers John Bigelow Taylor and Dianne Dubler, whose work has graced the pages of over 300 books focusing on works of art, architecture, jewellery and antiquities, have created the mesmerising visual narrative for the monograph. Featuring a text by acclaimed French writer Gilles Hertzog, Stardust unveils the exquisite artistry and fluctuating fortunes of a master jeweler whose life was cut too short. Evocatively framed by his imminent mortality, the book gathers together accounts of Zaavy from his closest allies, both personal and professional, without eschewing the darkest moments of his adventurous and precarious career. Taylor and Dubler’s visual narrative shines a light on Zaavy’s work, weaving in images of his creative inspiration, atelier and domestic settings among images that are the result of a painstaking photographic process to immortalise the jeweler’s creations.

MEMORIES OF ZAAVY

John Bigelow Taylor and Dianne Dubler, photographers and friends of Zaavy, have said:Stardust is the origin of all matter in the universe, including the diamonds Frédéric 'painted' with and loved so much. He was fascinated that, in addition to their beauty, diamonds resonated deep time. However, he was undaunted by time and space, which he deemed to be inconsequential. He thought of time in eons and knew his moment here would never be enough. Months before he died, he said to us, 'I am already dead,' but then carried on as if he would live forever! He often acknowledged that he had been here before and would someday return.” – from ‘Epilogue’, Stardust, p. 205.

Floréal Ercilla, lead jeweler at Zaavy’s Parisian atelier: “Nowhere else had I ever had the same freedom, and I learned things that had never been done before—by me or anybody else. The further he went, the further he let us go, too [...] We were four jewelers, a wax-model maker and four setters. We made unique pieces, crazy fantasies, ultra-complicated pieces that required hundreds of hours of work or even more. That didn’t exist in any workshop anywhere in the world. Zaavy was a pure dreamer; trade didn’t count. We made a cuff bracelet called Les Nymphéas (water lilies), inspired by Monet. All of the stones were six-tenths, which is very small, but because of the play of color and light you had the impression that they were three millimeters. That’s a feat; that takes genius.” – from ‘The Five Musketeers’, Stardust, p. 31.

BIOGRAPHIES

Frédéric Zaavy (b. 1964, Paris) was the third generation of a family of diamond merchants. After a classic French education in which he studied at several art schools including the École des Arts Appliqués and the École des Beaux Arts, he decided not to enter the family business and instead, at the age of 20, began travelling the world. Time spent in East Africa, South East Asia, New York, Tel Aviv, Antwerp and Bangkok saw Zaavy learn and develop his trade in precious stones and diamonds.

In 1994 he began creating one-of-a-kind jewellery pieces, working with his partner Lisa Chen with whom he founded the Daring Enterprise Co. In 2000, he established his first atelier and in the following years defined new standards of craftsmanship in the world of jewellery making. Following a 2007 exhibition of his work at Phillips de Pury & Company in New York, in 2008 he became the exclusive jeweler for luxury firm Fabergé allowing him to open a larger atelier near Place Vendôme. There were 100 pieces in the brand’s relaunch collection, following which Zaavy continued to work on his own pieces. In 2010, with the knowledge that his life would be taken from cancer, he began actively working with John Bigelow Taylor and Dianne Dubler to create Stardust.

John Bigelow Taylor and Dianne Dubler are New York-based still life photographers, specialising in jewellery, architecture, works of art and antiquities. Working with the world’s foremost collectors, museums and publishers, they have created photography for over 300 books, such as Madeleine Albright: Read My Pins: Stories From a Diplomat's Jewel Box (2009); Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair with Jewelry (2003); Inspired Jewelry: From the Collection of The Museum of Arts and Design, Faking It by Kenneth J. Lane, Judith Leiber: The Artful Handbag, The Splendor of Ethnic Jewelry and A Token of Elegance: Cigarette Holders in Vogue. Currently, as Kubaba Bespoke Books, they are producing limited edition books on estates and collections for private clients around the world.

Gilles Hertzog is a French writer, publisher, and human rights activist who has worked alongside philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy for forty years. He is the author of Le Dernier Vénetien, Le Séjour des Dieux, Les Brigades de La Mer, and editor of the French literary review La Régle du Jeu.

Stardust: The Work and Life of Jeweler Extraordinaire Frédéric Zaavy

Text by Gilles Hertzog

Photography and Production by John Bigelow Taylor and Dianne Dubler (Kubaba Bespoke Books)

Language: English and Simplified Chinese

Published by Officina Libraria, Milan

Pages: 240

Launch: January 2021

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