About the Artist: Marion Labbez, designing The Ascendent
Marion Labbez
Marion explains her inspiration for The Ascendent watch:
"I designed this watch to be a hopeful visual invitation to look forward. Explore, discover, climb, travel: experience the world around you. Never look down, the only way is up and the journey is fulfilling."
This design completes a set of four watches which Marion has produced, each of which embody a different element. In this series, The Ascendent is the element of earth.
London-based Frenchwoman Marion Labbez is one of a handful of verse églomisé specialists working in the UK today. Whilst preserving the venerable tradition of gilding and painting on the reverse of glass, she rejuvenates it with contemporary patterns, colours and textures.
Marion Labbez creates bespoke hand-crafter panels for application on walls, furniture and mirrors for interiors.
