Soie Lait focuses its artisanal practice on jewelry, including articulated pieces, traditional bookbinding, and leather goods. With humor and aesthetic sensibility, it embraces the imperfections of organic forms and materials. Their inherent qualities are highlighted, placing them at the heart of its artistic expression as both medium and motif.

Soie Lait, phonetically meaning {be ugly}, presents itself as a short manifesto aiming for individual and collective emancipation. It aspires to imbue each piece with a unique essence, deeper than mere aesthetic ornamentation, offering those who wear it a true potential for expression. Thus, Soie Lait seeks to transform passivity into action. In the words of Sol LeWitt regarding Eva Hesse:

“Learn to say “F*** You” to the world once in a while. You have every right to. Just stop thinking, worrying, looking over your shoulder wondering, doubting, fearing, hurting, hoping for some easy way out, struggling, grasping, confusing, itching, scratching, mumbling, bumbling, grumbling, humbling, stumbling, numbling, rumbling, gambling, tumbling, scumbling, scrambling, hitching, hatching, bitching, moaning, groaning, honing, boning, horse-shitting, hair-splitting, nit-picking, piss-trickling, nose sticking, ass-gouging, eyeball-poking, finger-pointing, alleyway-sneaking, long waiting, small stepping, evil-eyeing, back-scratching, searching, perching, besmirching, grinding, grinding, grinding away "At yourself. Stop it and JUST DO!"

Soie Lait views material research as an integral part of her practice and creative process. Leather, textiles, horsehair, and pebbles are all materials she values ​​and appreciates on par with precious stones in the context of traditional jewelry. Her goal is to offer a substantial alternative to precious stones and metals, raising an open question about the relativity of the acquired or perceived value of objects and their components.

Approach;

In an effort to minimize the environmental footprint of its production, Soie Lait implements practices that are mindful of these issues at several stages of the creative process.

1. The leather used to make the journals is traceable European leather (type of leather, country of origin of the hide, tannery, processing) and comes from end-of-line or dormant stock from luxury brands.

2. The fur used in various projects is always second-hand or comes from traceable, European dormant stock.

3. The journals' lined leather cover is durable and designed to fit any standard-sized notebook (11.5 x 18 cm) for continuous, long-term use.

4. Kraft paper is used to make the journals; its production is one of the least polluting papermaking techniques due to its composition. Virgin wood fibers are long and require only a series of mechanical steps without the use of chemical treatments; they can also be made from 100% recycled paper.

5. Individual and postal packaging is made of sturdy, 100% recycled Kraft paper and is fully biodegradable and recyclable.

6. Travel related to the jewelry making or creation process is done on foot, by bicycle, or by public transport.

7. Pieces cast using the lost-wax technique are made from local beeswax, purchased directly from beekeepers or from nearby eco-friendly businesses.

8. Sterling silver is recycled into as many pieces as possible.

Looking ahead, Soie Lait aims to become self-sufficient in casting and manufacturing these raw materials (including recycling sterling silver). This self-sufficiency will allow for better control of production, improved energy efficiency, and a reduction in its environmental impact in the short and long term, and potentially that of other artisans as well.