Biography of Marc Deloche

After studying at the UP1 School of Architecture in Paris, where he graduated in 1994, Marc Deloche set up his architectural practice in Toulouse.

His architectural projects rapidly became focused on public spaces such as restaurants and bars, as well as numerous shops.

He also works on the renovation of houses and flats, and his projects are located all over France and sometimes in more distant countries.

In parallel, Marc Deloche has always nurtured a passion for jewellery. Even before creating pieces himself, he collected them, drawn to pieces of multiple origins, sometimes ethnic, sometimes classical, with a particular affection for the aesthetics of the 1930s and 1940s. A twist of fate one day led him "to the workbench", where he discovered the gesture, the precision and the magic of jewellery creation.


After several years pursuing this apprenticeship alongside his career as an architect, he decided to give form to this second calling. The opening of the boutique at 9 rue Antonin Mercié in Toulouse marked the beginning of an adventure where architecture and jewellery naturally dialogue. As an architect-jeweller, Marc Deloche developed a singular language, playing across two scales of creation, from the built environment to the intimate object.

Marc Deloche still divides his time between his two passions - architecture and jewellery - finding his balance by working across two very different scales of creation.

His jewellery is crafted in his own workshops in Toulouse and across France. It is a work of artisanship that Marc Deloche proudly upholds - one that demands patience and perseverance to bring each piece to life.

Every piece becomes almost one of a kind. Silver is his material of choice, alongside gold and vermeil. Precious stones, resin and leather also find their place within his designs.

More recently, the Maison joined forces with Monique + Marcel, a creative optician and designer renowned for their contemporary and bold approach to eyewear. From this meeting was born a glasses chain featuring our iconic Médaille and the Menotte link, before extending into the creation of a frame designed by four hands.

These collaborations bring the world of jewellery and that of designer accessories into dialogue within a singular and assured aesthetic.

The latest project, a collaboration with Rometti a historic house celebrating nearly one hundred years of creation around ceramics. Founded in Umbertide, in Umbria, it perpetuates a dialogue between artisanal tradition and contemporary creation, carried in recent years by Massimo Monini and Jean Christophe Clair.

From this encounter was born a series of three vases, where Marc Deloche explores a new territory of expression. The ceramic, shaped according to the traditional expertise of the manufacture, dialogues with solid silver in sculptural pieces featuring matte surfaces, luminous enamels and silver structures, extending his universe well beyond jewellery.