Roger Maaraoui

My passion for jewellery goes back to my childhood when I used to make pieces from found objects and sit in my room drawing what I wanted to create. This need to create led me to follow a degree course in Jewellery Design in London. During the past 4 years, after graduating, I have been handcrafting jewellery in a workshop space now based in Lebanon. My projects start with a concept and then my hands do the rest. The creative process is a play between assembling metal scraps, sketching, taking photographs, shaping paper and researching about the concept. Inspiration often comes during the making process but it is also nourished by personal experiences, conversations, nature etc. My interest is focused on enamel, a very traditional technique which I use in my own way, exploring texture, colour and light reflection. The surprises I get when experimenting keep me going…