V.VOLUME |’vɒljuːm| NOUN I. A BOOK FORMING PART OF A WORK OR SERIES. II. THE AMOUNT OF SPACE THAT A SUBSTANCE OR OBJECT OCCUPIES, OR THAT IS ENCLOSED WITHIN A CONTAINER. III. QUANTITY OR POWER OF SOUND; DEGREE OF LOUDNESS.

THE NEW ‘VOLUME’ SERIES WORKS AS A SYSTEM OF INDEPENDENT UNITS THAT PLAY WITH THE MEANINGS OF THE CONCEPT OF VOLUME.

THE SERIES REFLECTS THE IDEA OF COMPOSITION, BORROWED TO A CITY THAT IS GRADUALLY BUILT THROUGH, TO A MUSIC CEASELESSLY BROUGHT BACK TO ITS REPETITIVE AND SLOW EVOLUTIVE STRUCTURE. THE PRECISE SLOW PACE IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND EVOLUTION OF JEWELLERY IS ESSENTIAL TO CHARLOTTE DAUPHIN DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD’S CREATIVE PROCESS AND APPROACH TO HER WORK.

THE CONCEPT OF STACKING IS TAKEN TO ITS LIMITS AS NOT ONLY RINGS AND CUFFS CAN BE GROUPED, BUT NECKLACES, PENDANTS - A NEWCOMER IN DAUPHIN’S RANGE - AND EARRINGS RETAIN THIS SAME VERSATILITY AS A COMMON DENOMINATOR.

THE OBJECTS CAN BE ASSEMBLED AND DISASSEMBLED ENDLESSLY TO EXPLORE THE INFINITE POSSIBILITIES THROUGH A CONTROLLED IMPROVISATION.

THE GEOMETRY OF THE CREATIONS ECHOE THE URBAN PROFILES OF A CITYSCAPE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE CREATION OF AN URBAN SILOUHETTE WHEN WORN.

CHARLOTTE DAUPHIN DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD REMAINS FAITHFUL TO HER NEUTRAL COLOUR PALETTE OF ROSE, WHITE AND BLUE GOLD, WHILE GOLD COLOURS ARE MIXED FOR THE FIRST TIME WITHIN THE OBJECTS THEMSELVES AS A MATERIALIZATION TO THE IDEA OF PERMUTATION AND TRANSFORMATION, THE VERY ESSENCE OF THIS NEW SERIES.-

THE NEW ‘VOLUME’ COLLECTION REUSES CHARLOTTE DAUPHIN DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD’S CREATIVE CODES AS IT BECOMES MORE CLEARLY ENGAGED WITH SERIALITY, OBSESSIVELY RETURNING TO THE SAME CONCEPT – THE BROKEN LINE - AND WORK THROUGH IT IN ITS DIFFERENT PERMUTATIONS. THIS APPROACH IS CORE IN HER OWN USE OF ABSTRACTION, AND HER INTEREST IN VISUAL LANGUAGE AND KINETIC WORKS. THE CREATIONS ECHOE THE ARCHITECTURAL NATURE
OF THE HUMAN BODY IN RELATION TO ITS SURROUNDING, CONTRASTING OR MELTING, ARTICULATING THEMSELVES LIKE URBAN PROFILES. FROM THE LOWEST TO THE HIGHEST.