Guilloché Mosaïque Noir

Description

Time is not just measured; it is felt. It moves in patterns sometimes precise, sometimes unpredictable just like the intricate engravings found in the finest métiers d’art. From the delicate guilloché of a watch dial to the deep textures of hand-tooled leather, true craftsmanship is an obsession with detail, an exercise in patience, and an art form that defies the rush of modernity.

Jérôme Gautier’s work exists at this intersection of tradition and innovation. Using generative design, code, and pen plotters, he reinterprets centuries-old decorative techniques with a contemporary lens. His mechanical drawings are not mere reproductions of past engravings; they are meditations on time itself. Each artwork is meticulously drawn over hours, one stroke at a time, echoing the painstaking precision of artisans who once worked by hand.

But beyond the design, there is the act of creation the controlled tension between precision and unpredictability. The speed of the CNC determines the rhythm of the strokes, just as a watch’s balance wheel dictates its heartbeat. The choice of pen, ink, and paper is not unlike the selection of metals and finishing techniques in Haute Horlogerie, where materiality shapes the outcome. The layering of tones, the depth of each line, and the subtle imperfections introduced by the plotting process all contribute to a living, evolving composition one that bridges the past with the present.

Much like watchmaking itself, this work is not about efficiency. It is about patience, mastery, and the quiet pursuit of perfection.

This is not just a mechanical drawing. It is time, captured in lines.