Marie christine pavone biography of albert
French-born designer Marie Christine Pavone has perfected the art of creating unique Vintage jewellery pieces..
By some magic Marie-Christine's cats are not just a brooch, they feel like a new friend.
Marie-Christine Pavone
When I first met Marie-Christine she was working out of an apartment just inside the peripherique in northern Paris. I have been buying Marie Christines work for many years now and still love her designs and the fact that she is still designing new ones.
Pavone jewellery is very good value for money in my opinion, more so than some of the other brooch artists as her items are hand made by Marie-Christine herself from original 1920s – 1930s galalith, bakelite and lucite, but mostly Galalith.
She has a large stock of original galalith bought when it was unwanted but now of course highly valued.
View our Pavone stock here
Galalith was made from casein (in milk), which is where its name derives from – Gala (milk) and Lithos (stone).
It is a member of the early plastic and phenolics family and it was invented in the late 19th century. Working with galaith is similar to working with wood, it requires cutting and sanding but also requires dif
