MICHEL PLUMAIL

Michel was born in Nice south of France where he spent his early childhood. Moving to Paris for high school and college he then went to Brazzaville in the Congo where he worked as a French teacher for two years... Coming to the USA in 1974 he became fascinated with the art scene and started designing and creating jewelry. Participating in art shows since 1976 being mostly self taught he developed his own original technique for creating patterns by soldering seamlessly different alloys of gold a technique sometimes referred as "married metals". Creating more and more sophisticated pieces over the following years he won numerous awards in art shows all over the USA while also running a little boutique-workshop in the east village of New York City called "L'Atelier"... In 1998 he partnered with Viviana Gil an artist from Chile with which he shared the same sense of esthetic and flair for elegant design and their cooperation on all aspects of the creation of jewelry led to more success..