About us
The meeting
We met in a chemistry lab, without flowers, photographs or minerals. Christian was doing his Ph.D in organic chemistry and I was doing a diploma in plastics chemistry.
He was already telling me about opals, especially black Australian ones, and, intrigued, I ordered one mounted as a pendant from a jeweller to give him as a gift to congratulate him on his brilliant Ph.D.
It was the first in a very, very, very long series, so long that I now need to set up a company to bring some order to this profusion.
Initially, he collected them, then cut them, then mounted them. I told myself that the passion would extend to other stones, but no! With a few recreational exceptions, my Christian remained stuck in opal mode, fascinated by their colorful sparkles and always insatiable to see those of the next one appear.
In the meantime, and during all those years of cutting, I ended up developing my own skills in photography, particularly macro photography!
The pile-up took place during the covid, and a small idea of crazy enthusiasts was born: to join forces to develop, accelerate, share and take our passions up 10 notches each to better interweave them and continue together stronger on our common ground. What had to happen, happened; I trained Christian in the world of images and he taught me to cut opals.
Opal Symphony
Opal Symphony was born from our passions and our exchanges. Christian sources the rough stones, cuts them to the best of his ability and teaches me how to calculate risk, how to find the best way to achieve a vein of color between glimpses, a glimmer of brilliance. As for me, I hosted the entrepreneurial idea and the knowledge of images; knowing how to bring out the best in even the smallest micro-subject, I had to manage how to shoot such amazing firework display.
