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For the first time in France, a unique collection of 12 necklaces by Luis Quesada, made from precious woods, will be exhibited and offered for sale at the MiniMasterpiece gallery in collaboration with Satsch Gallery (Buenos Aires). Luis Quesada (Mendoza, Argentina, 1923–2022) was an artist, craftsman, and designer who graduated from the UNCuyo School of Fine Arts in Mendoza in 1958. A key figure at the crossroads of art and applied design, he founded the Taller de Arte Popular Realista, the Club del Grabado, and the Taller de Muralistas, where he developed pioneering research on artisanal-industrial processes. His work, which ranged from…

“The origin of the Kulubá jewelry collection—necklaces, earrings, and brooches—can be traced back to a small sketch that has been pinned to one of the walls of my studio for several years. A simple sketch drawn in black marker on plain paper—the kind you might doodle spontaneously during long phone conversations: an arrangement of small squares and rectangles of varying sizes, placed side by side, forming an irregular grid that creates its own outline, inscribed within an almost oblong shape. It was while reworking this sketch into a more controlled line drawing that this irregular grid became the pattern that forms the basis of each piece…