Aux Portes du Passé

“Aux Portes du Passé” Series Artist Statement
Doors. Gates. Portals. Entryways.
Each different.
In France, I love the doors. Les portes. Not the anodyne, hollow-panel, less-is-more ones we know.
The ones I adore are each different, some many centuries old, all sizes, all unique, and they speak the language you expect: stay out.
But they say it with the profound charm of geraniums cascading from above, of wisteria twining nearby, and even in the bristling severity of medieval ironwork.
They are the gorgeous Art Deco grillage of a hotel in Paris, the ancient wood, polished by the years, of my cousin’s house in Agen, and the whimsical carved creatures of doors in Toulouse.
They are “Aux portes du passé”, doors of the past, and, think of it, also doors into the past, a past that, in this ancient country, flows into all the senses, reminding us that each of us, immensely complex, is a bundle of genes reaching back in time.
-Eve Alfillé
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“5 Star Hotel” diamond and 14k gold bracelet
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“A la nouvelle porte” diamond and 18k white gold necklace
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“Bal a l’Elyse” 14k rose gold, rhodochrosite and freshwater pearl earrings
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“Balcony Scene” 14k gold and garnet earrings
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“Bateau Mouche” platinum, opal, emerald and diamond ring
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“Bleu Roi” platinum and kyanite earrings
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“Bordeaux II” diamond and 18k white gold necklace
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“Center Stage II” diamond, sapphire and 14k blush gold ring
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“Croisement des feuilles” 18k white gold, sapphire and tourmaline pin
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“Fire and Ice” diamond and 18k white and rose gold pendant
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“Frappez avant d’entrer” 18k green gold, sapphire and iolite earrings
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“Frappez avant d’entrer” 18k white gold and diamond earrings
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“Gardens of Versailles” diamond and platinum ring
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“Grand Palais” 18k white gold, South Seas pearl and diamond earrings
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