A piece of technology and elegance, the Leica M9 Hermes is a double symbolic project.

It is the result of collaboration between two historical houses: the expertise of leather and that of photography come together to create an object with its simple design.

It is also a nod to the past:

In the 1980s, Jean-Louis Dumas, who has a passion for travel and photography, decided to buy Leica in order to save the brand, which was undergoing a financial setback.

He will be obliged to let it few years later

Deep in the heart of the workshops with the Making of:

A beautiful development of handcrafted, labor quality materials, precision taken to extremes, an incredible sense of detail.

A fascinating video that plunges us in the heart of the manufacturing of a unique object. Hands of men, women’s hands, tools …

A project with human and technological dimensions.

Here is the making of the Hermes Leica M9.

This is the gold available in the world present in central banks. The most important reserve of gold in the world is in United States : it is the Federal Reserve of New York

Our Maa Collection is available on the e-shop JEM.
Discover our rings in 18 carat ethical gold, yellow, red, white and green, to accumulate as we please …

If developing countries reach the level of copper consumption in developed countries, the red mineral resources should be exhausted the next forty years.

As for the rhodium (used in the manufacture of white gold) and platinum, both extremely rare, they may disappear within a century.

Currently, the two metals are extracted from a single vein, already exploited for more than 50%.

Beyond the environmental and social risks, resources are running out :  Mines eco craft with which collaborates JEM have less impact than that of the gold mining industry (which provides an overview of the photograph).

The handcrafted gold of JEM comes from human scale mines. the gold is extracted by hand, allowing to minimize impacts on the environment. JEM built a relationship of solidarity with the miners, involved in finding solutions to the challenges facing the sector jewellery.

To date, the best solution is the systematic recycling of metals to reduce the demand for new ore. That’s why JEM, outside its ethical gold, only uses recycled metals and plotted in its collections.

Ornaments have not always been made of gold and precious stones …

In ancient Egypt, rings were made in ceramic.
In ancient Greece and Rome, the gilded terracotta was used to imitate gold.

Often used by jewellery artisans for its fragility and also for its resistance, porcelain has been honoured in the Decorative Arts.

18 young creators invited by the museum, reinterpret the traditional codes of jewellery: their creations diverse from conventional jewellery techniques, halfway between art and design.

Historically associated with tableware, porcelain has become an object of desire….

This exhibition is the experimentation of a new kind of jewellery: it is not longer just a personal adornment,  it becomes a peace of art.

A piece of  soil on the skin – contemporary ceramic jewellery. Until august 19, 2012 at the Museum of Decorative Arts.

Nadège Winter, designer of our collection L.23.03.10,  confided to L‘Official de la mode.

Former Communication Director of the Palais de Tokyo and the concept store Colette, nowadays she is director of his eponymous agency NWAgency. Nadège Winter also organizes the Brunch Bazars in the Parisian neighborhood of Le Marais and has founded a blog called Greenkiss.

The collaboration between JEM and Nadège Winter continues with an astonishing collection that will be unveiled in September…