[MUSIC PLAYING] LAURA JEWELLERY MODEL MAKER: We often say that jewellers have "hands of gold".
LAURA JEWELLERY MODEL MAKER: You could say I have "hands of tin".
LAURA JEWELLERY MODEL MAKER: I'm a jeweller model maker at Chopard.
LAURA JEWELLERY MODEL MAKER: I've always drawn, I used to paint with my Mum.
LAURA JEWELLERY MODEL MAKER: I'd show her my paintings and ask: What do you think?
LAURA JEWELLERY MODEL MAKER: And it was in her studio that I was inspired to draw like her.
LAURA JEWELLERY MODEL MAKER: It was quite natural for me to use tools, I wasn't nervous because at my grandfather's house, I used to play with nails, little boats.
LAURA JEWELLERY MODEL MAKER: To be a good model maker, you have to listen.
LAURA JEWELLERY MODEL MAKER: I think you have to have an artistic temperament and sensibility.
LAURA JEWELLERY MODEL MAKER: It's something I feel compelled to do to express my artistic flair.
LAURA JEWELLERY MODEL MAKER: I think that through lots of observation the eye educates itself and will then guide us on what is beautiful, and what isn't beautiful.
LAURA JEWELLERY MODEL MAKER: I never think I'll get it right first time.
LAURA JEWELLERY MODEL MAKER: It gives me a small thrill to say: How am I going to do this?
LAURA JEWELLERY MODEL MAKER: Because it isn't by looking once, but a hundred times, that you find that little spark that will change the volume, that will tell you whether it's something you really like, when you feel the piece coming to life and has a new kind of strength.
LAURA JEWELLERY MODEL MAKER: We're always inspired by nature in jewellery making.
LAURA JEWELLERY MODEL MAKER: If the gouache design depicts a rose, I will draw inspiration from books with roses inside or photos that I've taken, and I thus try to find what might go together.
LAURA JEWELLERY MODEL MAKER: I feel really lucky to be able to do this work because I think it's unique and because, at Chopard, I have the chance to add my own personal touch.
LAURA JEWELLERY MODEL MAKER: I've always liked the Maison for its colourful, feminine side.
LAURA JEWELLERY MODEL MAKER: We don't know why exactly, but we're naturally a bit magical, all of us, and we often forget that.
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