JoliPNJ…turning molten glass into miniature sculptures

Glass reimagined, unbuttoned and hand-sculpted - this is JoliPNJ, reports 10magazine. The name belongs to Chloé Foulquier, “a designer whose jewellery doesn’t simply exist so much as happen.,” writes Emily Phillips. “Her medium? Borosilicate glass, the quiet overachiever of the glass world, prized for its resilience and heat resistance.

“Think lab beakers and space shuttle windows, but now shaped into rings that look as if they’ve been plucked from a coral reef or the dreamscape of a surrealist painter. Each piece is coaxed into being with a blowtorch, oxygen, gas and a little emotional volatility – because no two flames ever burn quite the same way.”

Before founding Paris-based brand JoliPNJ in 2024, Foulquier cut her teeth in the world of high fashion – working at Balmain, where precision, drama and craft were non-negotiable. That training left its mark, writes Phillips, “not in the form of rigid rules, but in the confidence to bend and eventually break them. Moving from structured ateliers into the unpredictability of molten glass, she carved out her own language of design: one rooted in instinct, surrender and risk.”

And so, describes Phillips, “colours bloom unexpectedly, textures gather and warp under the heat’s persuasion, and what emerges is less “designed” than discovered. There are no blueprints here, no polite sketches taped above the workbench. Foulquier’s process is about surrender.

“She doesn’t draw what she’s going to make – how could she, when molten glass refuses to be tamed by two-dimensional lines? Instead, it’s all about the conversation between material and maker, a kind of trust fall with fire. She calls it capturing “a moment, an emotion, a gesture” and crystallising it forever.”

Earlier this week, reports 10magazine, JoliPNJ flung open its virtual doors, debuting three permanent ranges alongside the Lab – a place where experimental, ultra-limited pieces reign.

“Think of the Lab as Foulquier’s sketchbook, only the pages are molten, iridescent and might just outlast you. Every drop follows the rhythm of her own inspiration rather than a market calendar. Which means no cookie-cutter collections, no endless churn of near-identical stock – just the raw, slightly dangerous thrill of knowing you might miss it if you blink.

“JoliPNJ isn’t asking you to keep up. It’s asking you to slow down. To find the ring that feels like it’s been waiting for you since before you knew you were looking. Because in a world hurtling towards automation, here’s a small rebellion: jewellery that remembers the human touch, one shimmering fragment at a time.”