Lorenz baumer biography definition

His bold celebration of femininity challenges traditional jewelry codes, forever daring and innovating in an avant-garde style.

Lorenz Bäumer was born on December 28, , in Washington D.C., to a French mother and a German diplomatic father.

Here, he shares his insights on design, beauty and collecting himself. That gave me a taste for discovery, curiosity and a desire to understand. That is how I started my first collection, of wine labels. I must have been seven years old, and that was the first of my collections.

As the only independent jeweller on Place Vendôme, Lorenz Bäumer has signed his creations with his own name for the past 30 years, at 19 Place Vendôme in Paris.

One gets the impression that beauty is an important part of your life. Is that true? Beauty is essential, since it puts me in the present moment. Nothing else matters in a moment of beauty: neither the past nor the future exist. Beauty is present in each of us, and I like to create that connection through my jewelry. Beauty is a promise of happiness.

Each work from my collection represents an encounter. Photos of tattoos and my collaborations with my friend Garth Knight gave me the idea for my tattooed diamonds, an iconic part of the Good Girl — Bad Girl collection. The faceting work on the furniture of Paul Evans inspired me to invent an asymmetrical gemstone cut that reflects the light in a dazzling way.

A testimonial to an extraordinary savoir-faire, emphasising discovery and the personalities of the designers with whom I identify through a continuous dialogue.