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The essentials

The very first collection of Ombre Claire spoke of the links, the woven links between people and between cultures. I braided fabrics of different origins together, waxes, ginghams, liberty, and...

How do I clean my silver jewelry?

Here are our tips to get your silver jewelry back to its shine and cleanliness: First of all I need my jewel, Let's take the heavy heart ring in silver...

The swallows !

Swallows may not be spring but still, when I see them I tell myself that I am on the right track for the sun, the naps in the shade of...

Very wise braids

"One step in front of the other, repeat, once again the march begins... Go ahead!" Follow in the footsteps..." Footprints in the sand stretch and uncoil, twist, twist and turn,...

How do I clean my bronze jewelry?

Here is our advices to clean my Ombre Claire jewelry: First, I need my jewelry. Let's take a nice pair of palm earrings and bronze. Then I need a nice...

Charms, the most precious of nomadic jewellery.

The sun is heavy, everyone is in the shade. Under the tent, in the heart of Sahara, everything is still. Only young animals frolic a little further. The men rest...

Ombre Claire's Men

The collection of jewelry for men is multiple, heterogeneous, it is inspired by the men who surround us, friends, brothers, craftsmen in Niger, those we meet and who inspire us......

Ombre Claire and the Sahara, a great love story.

Ombre Claire and the Sahara is a great love story. The Sahara, Ténéré among the Tuaregs is the largest hot desert in the world. It stretches over 5,000 km from...

Téra, the love.

The first jewel I drew was this: Two pieces of chiselled split silver, which come together to form a seed. Two flat elements come to create a new form in...

Is Ombre Claire jewelry Tuareg jewelry?

Ombre Claire jewelry is made by Tuareg artisans. They are made in the traditional way using Saharan materials and know-how. At Ombre Claire, the Sahara is there, everywhere, omnipresent. He...

Ethics is chic!

At Ombre Claire, ethics are at the heart of our concerns and our operation. But what exactly are ethics? because between the eco-responsible, the sustainable, the slow, the eco-design, the...

THE MATERIALS OF OUR JEWELRY

In Tuareg countries, blacksmiths, holders of fire, masters of iron, copper and silver, form a class apart in society. Their art is often associated with magic, which makes them fearsome....

How are Ombre Claire jewelry made?

Ombre Claire was born in the north of Niger, in the hidden courtyards of Agadez still called the door of the desert. Behind the terracotta walls, small mud houses, sometimes...

INSPIRATION, this little thing that works in the head.

There is always a little trick that works in the head. The little thing got in there by looking at a painting by Matisse, a film by Xavier Dolan, by...

The legend of the cross of Agadez

It's the season of the holidays and their legends right now, so it's a good time to write you this one: One evening in a camp near Agadez, a Tuareg...

Jewelry ?

The other day Thomas at the studio said to me, "How about writing a blog post about why you drew jewelry?" Frankly, before creating my first jewelry line, I...

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