Joseph Arzoumanov-Dhedin
Embroiderer & Jeweler
05-04-2024 - 07-04-2024
- Craft & Design
- New Media
- Boston
“Within the intensity of splendor, shimmers, scrupulousness, and shape, I create treasures that I dream of discovering.”
Ever since I was very little, I have been collecting, assembling, and creating worlds out of my imagination as places where I can have fun. My violin playing has helped me a lot in expressing these highly personal worlds. Spending part of my childhood in Casablanca, Morocco, was an incredibly rich experience for me to discover another culture. The embroidery masterclasses that I took in Uzbekistan and Armenia further confirmed this pleasure in exploration.
I am fascinated and intrigued by emerging technologies, which I seek to understand and interrogate in my work. I explore the domain of jewelry, creating complex structures using 3D modeling and printing. Then, I coat the resulting forms in embroidery and gold leaf. My goal is to use new technology to attune the younger generations to traditional crafts, showing them just how wonderful these practices can be.
I want to create ultra-fine, detailed, precious cities. I want to leave behind my own traces that are, in part, the visible and invisible vestiges bequeathed to me by my family. I want to create statuettes steeped in symbols and emotions. When looking at my work, the beholder is confronted with the relics of an imaginary world. Within the intensity of splendor, shimmers, scrupulousness, and shape, I create treasures that I dream of discovering.
Born in 2002, Joseph Arzoumanov-Dhedin is a French artist whose work brings crafts such as gold embroidery and jewelry up against emerging technologies. He recently placed second in the “Youngest Talented Gold Embroiderer” category of the 2022 International Festival of Gold Embroidery and Jewelry. His work has been exhibited internationally, namely at the House of Artisans in Abu Dhabi; the Zar Festival in Bukhara, Uzbekistan; and the Château de Malmaison and Petit Palais in the Paris region.
In partnership with
Bettencourt Schueller Foundation
Bettencourt Schueller Foundation strives to embody the will of a family, driven by the spirit of enterprise and awareness of its social role, to reveal talents and help them thrive, in three fields that contribute concretely to the common good: life sciences, the arts and solidarity. Both a family foundation and recognized as a public utility since its creation in 1987, the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation intends to give wings to talent to contribute to the success and influence of France.