Line Vautrin was born on April 28, 1913 in Paris and died in 1997.

She was a French artist and designer celebrated as one of the most original figures of 20th-century decorative arts, often called “the poetess of metal.” Trained in her father’s metal workshop, she began creating bronze jewelry at the age of 21, developing a distinctive style filled with humor, wordplay, and poetic symbolism. Independent and imaginative, she produced whimsical objects—jewelry, boxes, and mirrors—that blurred the line between craft and art. In the 1950s, she invented Talosel, a resin material she used to craft her iconic “witch mirrors,” shimmering and dreamlike creations. Today, Line Vautrin’s creations are prized by collectors and celebrated in major museums around the world.

“Speech is silver, silence is golden,”
“Love pays no mind to time,”
“Love makes time pass, time makes love pass,”
“She spent her life busy loving,”
“I have a great appetite for you,”
“You must treat Eros like a god. Hurry,”
“Out of sight, out of mind,”
“If you play with fire, you get burned,”
“Idleness is the mother of all vices,”
“A rolling stone gathers no moss,”
“Each age has its pleasures,”
“Help yourself, and heaven will help you”…