à propos
FA2BRO is my last name.
At least, that’s how I spell it.
And always repeating “2B”, because the first time you don’t understand (some might say I’m not loud enough).
Also, Fabbro means blacksmith in Italian. Knowing that, can we say that it inspired me to forge silver into jewelry? Maybe it did. Who knows?
Otherwise, my first name is Marion.
If everything here is written in the first person, it’s because I do everything myself.
If you intend to write to me, don’t hesitate to be on first-name terms.
Since the years separating me from my thirties are no longer numerous, I decided to leave the world of fashion and luxury to appease my cognitive dissonance. My goal in life has always been to create beautiful things, on my own. But it soon became necessary to do so with respect for people and the environment.
So today I’m happy to be working in a large shared workshop in Nantes, with lots of idealistic, dreamy craftspeople and designers.
I create and craft everything myself. Starting with a quick sketch, or just a precise idea in my head, it’s by working the material that everything takes shape.
I work “à la cheville”, i.e. (at the bench) I work the metal directly with tools, without melting it or pouring it into molds. This imposes a certain number of constraints and techniques that are in themselves sources of inspiration.
In short, I laminate metal, weld, draw wire, cut parts with a saw. And I shape them with pliers, hammers and a host of other jewellery-specific tools.
à propos
FA2BRO is my last name.
At least, that’s how I spell it.
And always repeating “2B”, because the first time you don’t understand (some might say I’m not loud enough).
Also, Fabbro means blacksmith in Italian. Knowing that, can we say that it inspired me to forge silver into jewelry? Maybe it did. Who knows?
Otherwise, my first name is Marion.
If everything here is written in the first person, it’s because I do everything myself.
If you intend to write to me, don’t hesitate to be on first-name terms.
Since the years separating me from my thirties are no longer numerous, I decided to leave the world of fashion and luxury to appease my cognitive dissonance. My goal in life has always been to create beautiful things, on my own. But it soon became necessary to do so with respect for people and the environment.
So today I’m happy to be working in my little workshop in Nantes, with lots of idealistic, dreamy craftspeople and designers.
I create and craft everything myself. Starting with a quick sketch, or just a precise idea in my head, it’s by working the material that everything takes shape.
I work “à la cheville”, i.e. (at the bench) I work the metal directly with tools, without melting it or pouring it into molds. This imposes a certain number of constraints and techniques that are in themselves sources of inspiration.
In short, I laminate metal, weld, draw wire, cut parts with a saw. And I shape them with pliers, hammers and a host of other jewellery-specific tools.
upcycling
All the jewelry is made with old cutlery, and second-hand chains for the mooring eye pendant. All in 925 sterling silver.
I cut the cutlery into pieces, and use the different pieces to make different parts of the jewelry, without melting them down.
I chose to use this method, and therefore not to work with recycled silver, for ecological reasons. In fact, by working with silver cutlery without melting it, I’m really upcycling. This avoids an industrial melting process.
I also make the packaging myself, in molded recycled paper (water + mixed paper). With aluminum clasps salvaged from the scraps of the metal workshop in my shared studio.
website
If you’ve made it this far, you’ll have realized that ecology is a major issue in my life (it’s a major issue in any case, hello politicians).
So I asked myself a lot of questions about the carbon footprint of a website. And I tried to make it as sober as possible.
That’s why the site goes straight to the point and most of the images are bitmaps. This allowed me to divide their weight by 6.
As a result, my site’s carbon footprint is 0.11g of CO2 per visit, less than 89% of other sites.
If you’d like to see more content with a substantial carbon footprint, feel free to visit my Instagram. Unfortunately, I can’t communicate without it.
upcycling
All the jewelry is made with old cutlery, and second-hand chains for the mooring eye pendant. All in 925 sterling silver.
I cut the cutlery into pieces, and use the different pieces to make different parts of the jewelry, without melting them down.
I chose to use this method, and therefore not to work with recycled silver, for ecological reasons. In fact, by working with silver cutlery without melting it, I’m really upcycling. This avoids an industrial melting process.
I also make the packaging myself, in molded recycled paper (water + mixed paper). With aluminum clasps salvaged from the scraps of the metal workshop in my shared studio.
website
If you’ve made it this far, you’ll have realized that ecology is a major issue in my life (it’s a major issue in any case, hello politicians).
So I asked myself a lot of questions about the carbon footprint of a website. And I tried to make it as sober as possible.
That’s why the site goes straight to the point and most of the images are bitmaps. This allowed me to divide their weight by 6.
As a result, my site’s carbon footprint is 0.11g of CO2 per visit, less than 89% of other sites.
If you’d like to see more content with a substantial carbon footprint, feel free to visit my Instagram. Unfortunately, I can’t communicate without it.