Elise was born in Paris in 1969. She studied interior design and attended the Boulle School of Applied Arts in Paris (here) as well as apprenticed at Bartolozzi e Maioli, (here) a renowned Florentine artisan workshop that preserves the beauty of the Italian aesthetic. Elise owned an antique shop in Marais where she sold Italian antiques, curiosities and cartapesta (paper mache). In 2001, she and her husband Laurent left Paris and opened a studio near Saint-Remy in Provence. It is there her interest in creating cartapesta intensified and shortly after she began selling her creations at the international antiques fair in Avignon.
Elise creates in both the baroque as well as contemporary style and her mediums include polychrome, gold leaf, pastels, paper, wax, linen, glass, plaster and 3D fiber art. Laurent is a wood sculptor using 18th and 19th century wood to create unique pieces. Laurent is also skilled in the art of marquetry and attended Ecole Boulle in Paris.
Elise is a master of interior design and furniture design and restoration.
A commode in the style of Marie Antoinette
Commode before its transformation
Elise is a master of furniture design
Of photography
"Duality"
Photography © Elise Valdorcia revisited by Guillaumette Duplaix
Designer and creator of furniture and lighting
Of mirrors
"Angel on Cloud"
Elise's most personal work is intended to evoke emotions in sympathy with human suffering in life, death and time.
To see more click here
Gold leaf on console
Haute Couture
Elise has an international clientele and has designed furnishings, lanterns, mirrors and more for homes from France to Moscow.
Photo by Christopher Drake from the books "Provencal Escapes" here by Caroline Clifton-Mogg
and "French Country Living" here
A country french maison in Gordes decorated by Elise.
See here for creation of gothic mirrors
Other Projects
Elise also enjoys mixing aged and contemporary decor.
Her design work includes prestigious commerical projects.
Elise is certified by Talents de France (here)with the approval seal of the Atelier d'Art de France (here).
More of Elise's work can be seen here and here.
Thank you dear Elise for your kind support!
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