Manufacture des Émaux de Longwy 1798 and Jean-Charles de Castelbajac join forces for an exceptional collaboration, at the crossroads of artisan heritage and contemporary creation.
For over two centuries, the Manufacture has embodied the excellence of French craftsmanship in the art of cloisonné enamel and vibrantly colored decorations.
An iconoclastic and visionary designer, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac is renowned for his joyful, poetic pop universe, where art, fashion and design meet.
The LONGUE VIE, LONGWY collection brings together these two major players in the world of home decoration, with their passion for bold colors, their attachment to symbols and their desire to bring tradition and modernity into dialogue.
Jean-Charles de Castelbajac's poetic and expressive motifs find an ideal setting in the refined forms and age-old techniques of the Manufacture, giving birth to unique pieces that are both objets d'art and objets de vie.
This encounter is a manifesto of creativity: it celebrates audacity, heritage and transmission, while opening up new perspectives for French decorative art.
In the center of the flames, enamel is born, and there, in the heart of the fire, the colors congeal to turn an intuition into a mysterious, living work of art. Longwy is one of the great institutions of French art de vivre and savoir-faire.The camouflage was born from my desire to mimic our two histories; the angels and dove, bursting with light, from the historical and spiritual dimension.
Primary colors and gold coexist with pop and sacred.
A story, an evocation rather than a collaboration: a fusion between my creative gesture and the guardians of the sacred fire, the craftsmen of Longwy.
EMBLEM of the art of reinventing yourself.
Jean-Charles de Castelbajac
While anchoring himself in our history and drawing on the telluric energy of our enamels, Jean-Charles has given us wings to travel in his dreamlike universe and invite us to poetry.
in his dreamlike universe, inviting us to poetry.
Only a creator like him could pull off such a magic trick.
Martin Pietri
President, Manufacture des Emaux de Longwy 1798
