Emmanuel Tarpin (born 1992) is a French contemporary jewelry designer. Since 2018, he founded his self-titled

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for high-end jewelry. He lives in

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Biography

Emmanuel Tarpin was born in 1992 in

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. In childhood he practiced sculpture. Tarpin is openly queer. He graduated from the

Geneva University of Art and Design Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD), () is a European art and design school founded in 2006, and belonging to the network of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland The University of Applied Sciences and Art ...

in 2014. After graduation he worked on the jewelry bench at

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, and remained there for three years. In 2018, he founded his own atelier for high-end jewelry. In 2019, he made a capsule collection for Swiss luxury jeweler

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. In 2019, he won the Town & Country Jewelry Award for "Breakthrough Designer of the Year". Celebrities that have worn his work include

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, and

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. Prices for Tarpin’s jewelry in 2019 started around 15,000 euros ($16,525 USD).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tarpin, Emmanuel 1992 births Living people French jewellery designers French jewellers Geneva University of Art and Design alumni People from Annecy Swiss LGBT artists