Tucked beneath the arcades of a medieval town in the Jura mountains, Émaux Émoi is more than just a workshop. It is a creative space where imagination takes form through fire, fiber, ink, and movement. Each piece, born within stone walls, carries a story, an emotion, a flicker of humanity.
Enamelled copper jewelry, oil paintings, ink and watercolor drawings, engravings, hand-sewn, embroidered or knitted textiles, and handspun yarns… The studio explores, dares, and dreams freely. Here, creativity is a celebration of the living, a playground for poetic resistance.
Did you know? Jewelry is the oldest form of artistic expression known to humanity.
Long before cave walls bore paintings, human hands were shaping ornaments from bone and shell.
Then came metal, stones, and fire.
Enameling, practiced for over 2,000 years, has traveled across cultures, transformed and transmitted through generations. Today, it continues to tell stories, reveal beauty, and illuminate the present.
Each piece is a trace. A presence. A memory.
Chez Émaux Émoi, wool is a companion.
With years of experience, the artist transforms raw fibers into vibrant threads, into textures that speak. The spinning wheel turns in rhythm with the hand, each gesture a slow and sensorial memory.
From raw fleece to finished yarn, each step honors the artisan’s touch, reconnecting with deep time, the material, and the animal.
In a world that races forward, clothing is given back its soul, its story — something to wear and to remember.
Chez Émaux Émoi, every choice is made consciously.
To create is also to care — for the material, for the living, for the human.
Thoughtfully selected materials
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Recycled copper and silver, manufactured in Europe
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Natural fibers only, with no synthetic content
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Wool from ethical partnerships with French and local breeders (mohair, alpaca, merino, silk, camel…)
Local, artisanal production
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Each piece is handmade in the Jura-based workshop
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No outsourcing: the link between artist, material, and object remains intact
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Small series or unique pieces, designed to last
An ethical, human, and sustainable approach
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Respecting the rhythm of the craft, far from industrial paces
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A social vision: to one day support women rebuilding their lives through learning artisanal skills
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Full transparency about the origins of materials and creative processes
To create is to choose a world where beauty rhymes with respect.
Ethics & Transmission – Weaving Bonds
To create is also to choose.
To choose to respect matter, time, and life.
In the studio, materials are sourced with care, tools are shared, and know-how is passed on to those seeking to reconnect with their hands.
Each workshop, each encounter, each thread spun or pierced is an act of connection.
Here, ethics are not an argument but a way of being: sustainable, local, supportive.
One day, perhaps, this place will also become a refuge for those who need to rebuild.
Through weaving, we mend what trembles.
