Georges Pelletier was born in Brussels in 1938. He started his career for two years at the Académie Charpentier in Paris (School of arts and crafts), which is now the Picasso museum, after which he worked at Atelier Claude Pantzer (The great potteries of Accolay).
In 1961, he opened his first workshop in Paris, where he created his first unique pieces. He is spotted by the Bobois house for his talent. This is why he became a supplier of the Bobois lighting collections from 1961 to 1973, where he had his own manufacturing workshop dedicated to the creation of lighting for this large house.
In 1973 he decided to go to the South of France, to Cannes, where he set up a new workshop where he is still active and continues to work. Today, Georges Pelletier is an artist recognized worldwide, his artistic creations light up the most beautiful houses in the world.
La Maison Tournaire was founded in 1973 by Philippe Tournaire. Self-taught, he knew how to create jewelry with a unique style. Over time, Philippe Tournaire passed on his passion for jewelry to his son Mathieu Tournaire, who today embodies the heritage of the House. La Joaillerie Tournaire is like its creators, Philippe and Mathieu Tournaire: “Always looking for innovation and never seen, never done”.
Recognized for several decades, in particular for its jewels which have meaning, the Maison Tournaire has a unique know-how, the fruit of the mixture of the best of ancestral techniques such as lost wax casting, and the best of the most modern technologies like 3D design, used by the jewelry house for over twenty years.
This extremely rare know-how in France today has aroused the interest of many Luxury Houses and artists, with whom the Maison Tournaire has collaborated to create exceptional pieces or complete collections. Today, Maison Tournaire is also developing its own ranges of works of art, decoration, tableware, etc. known as “Tournaire Déco”.
La Maison Tournaire and Georges Pelletier collaborated in the development of various resolutely artistic and surprising lighting fixtures. When Mathieu Tournaire discovered the works of Georges Pelletier and the shadow play that these incredible creations could create, he immediately had the idea of offering him a collaboration
The lighting effects are created by the various sculptures which have been adapted to the works of Georges Pelletier. To do this, all the pieces integrated into the ceramic were custom-made in the workshops of the Maison Tournaire which are located in the Loire.
We find there the elements of the collection “Trilogy Alchemy” where there appear the symbolic and iconic forms of the Tournaire House: an assembly of squares, triangles and circles forming a whole representing the three stages of the evolution of life: the past represented by the square, the present materialized by the triangle and the future by the circle.
As well as elements of the “Engrenages” collection which present a set of cogs nested in each other, and whose strength increases tenfold, as within a family, a group where the more there are, the more forces multiply. The patterns also recall the mechanisms of a watch to symbolize the passage of time while inviting to enjoy life.
All the pieces created by the Maison Tournaire have been assembled and mounted on the creations in the workshop of Georges Pelletier in Cannes.
The rarity of these achievements makes them exceptional, the range includes three “Sun” type lights, two floor lamps and a totem. Each of these six pieces is numbered and limited to three copies.
Through the art of working with ceramics and precious metals, they wanted to create unique works that will delight art and ceramic enthusiasts.
Exhibition of Georges Pelletier x Tournaire creations :
7, place Vendôme – Boutique Tournaire – Paris.
