From 1985 to 1990
Training in the Ecole Boulle, Paris – steel engraving workshop, en modelé engraving.
1990 – Diploma of Fine Crafts, steel engraving
My grandfather told me: ‘When you grow up, you’ll go to the Ecole Boulle’. And so, when I was 15, I went along to this prestigious school. I thought I would become a cabinet-maker like he did. However, as it turned out, it was the steel engraving workshop that fostered me. I met there Pierre Mignot, my master and workshop teacher. He immediately aroused my curiosity and paved the way for my future occupation. In these 5 years of training, I was taught the basics and the tools of the trade. I still had to confront them with the realities of the working world.