Carole Serny handcrafts exceptional objects in precious and copper metals. Her work is divided between creating unique pieces inspired by her personal vision and bespoke projects undertaken in collaboration with private clients, galleries, curators, and interior designers and architects.

Her creations reflect a quest for a free, light, and humorous approach to metalwork, liberated from traditional conventions. They draw inspiration from nature, architecture, and the worlds of art and fashion. Carole shapes each piece with sincerity, poetry, and precision, finding a balance between simple forms and contemporary ornamentation. Convinced of the need for a return to decorative art after decades dominated by minimalist industrial design, she champions meaningful ornamentation, capable of telling a story and giving each object a unique identity.

Originally from Chalon-sur-Saône in Burgundy, Carole has always been drawn to drawing and working with lines. As a child, she watched her parents shape their daily lives through DIY projects and crafts, an early immersion that nurtured her sensitive connection to gesture and the act of making.

It was at the École Boulle that she discovered the techniques that now form the basis of her expertise. A visit to the chasing workshop was a revelation: the sound of the forge, the hiss of the blowtorch, the rhythm of the hammers. Chasing, a major technique for ornamenting metal, then became an obvious choice.
In chasing, pieces are shaped, embossed, and decorated using chisels with various profiles and a hammer. Every gesture is final: no going back is possible, every blow leaves its mark.

In 2019, Carole Serny opened her own workshop. She then honed her skills in goldsmithing, the art of designing and crafting objects from precious metals. While many trades can be involved in creating a piece—turner, planer, polisher, engraver, silversmith, or gilder—the goldsmith remains the conductor, overseeing the technical aspects, the fitting, and the hot and cold assembly processes.

Today, Carole practices her craft as a goldsmith and engraver in the Lot region, in the heart of the Causses du Quercy Regional Natural Park.