Sculptural ring, wood, vegetable ivory, circa 1960. Catherine Noll (1945-1992) is the granddaughter of sculptor and designer Alexandre Noll. She began her career in the 1970s by taking over her grandfather's workshop. She learned her trade with her mother Odile Noll, herself a wood sculptor. Coming from a line of sculptors, her jewelry bears the imprint of her family and artistic heritage. Her jewelry with organic shapes, made from natural and noble materials such as wood or ivory, resonate like an echo of Alexandre Noll's furniture, where refinement arises from the sculptural power and elegance of forms. Brutalist and modernist, her necklaces, cuffs, rings and earrings also draw their inspiration from African and Oceanian tribal jewelry, while asserting a resolutely contemporary modernity. Attached to natural, precious and organic materials such as ebony, ivory, horn, lapis lazuli, gold and bronze, she sometimes innovates with translucent materials to break with the opacity of the previous ones, thus creating a luminous contrast that plays with transparencies such as altuglas, crystal and acrylic. The strength of her work is also affirmed in the simplicity of the wear, the sensuality of the forms and the softness of the materials, without straying from her primary identity as an artist's jeweler with a strong personality. Proof, if any were needed, of this success: her jewels will be worn by powerful women like Elsa Schiaparelli or inspiring actresses like Catherine Deneuve in Belle de jour by Bunuel. Catherine Noll has exhibited at several Triennales du Bijou in Paris and has designed collections for major fashion houses such as Nina Ricci, Chanel, Christian Dior, and other prestigious brands and retailers such as Tiffany, Baccarat and Bergdorf Goodman in New York.