Biography

For more than 30 years, Nelly Saunier has put her artistic talent at the service of the art of the pen. Whether for fashion, fine jewelry or for her personal creations, she transcends ancestral know-how, innovative and imagining new ways of bringing the pen to life.

 

From a craftsman master of his know-how, Nelly Saunier has become over the years, a craftsman, then is recognized as a master of art. Her biggest challenge remains that of keeping all her creativity, her inspiration, both by responding to orders but also by creating original works that she invents according to her fancy. She then creates pieces that relate to her personal universe, Nelly Saunier becomes a feather artist, her works play with nature, with the texture and symbolism of the feather as ornament and protection ...

After having taught her know-how for twenty years at the Lycée Octave-Feuillet, it is in her workshop that she now transmits her passion to her collaborators. Beyond her research, which sometimes revolves around illusion, Nelly Saunier's heart does not cheat.

 

She likes to recall the candid frankness of nature: "Feathers move me. I am sensitive to the candid frankness of nature: birds are born with this elegance; they don't lie with their appearance. They are free in the expression of their beauty. It’s that spontaneity; this expression that I share. The feather creates the illusion and the invisible link with nature. The pen is an emotion. "

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