Local Artist to Feature Wares at 2013 Cannes Film Festival

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Tracey C. O'Neill GoLocalWorcester News Contributor

Local artisan, Christine Lorenzo will be sending her wares to the 2013 Cannes Film Festival taking place this weekend. Lorenzo is best known for her artisan jewelry line and its Baby Belly Bells™ maternity necklaces, recently trademarked due to their popularity.

Several pieces, including necklaces and bracelets for men will be featured at GBK’s Luxury Celebrity Gift Lounge during the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France. The display will be set up at an exclusive spa location.

“This is super-exciting,” said Lorenzo in a phone interview. “It’s been a long time coming and been a big long process.”

Lorenzo won’t be travelling to Cannes herself, this time. Her wares will be represented by GBK productions and presented to Cannes elite.

Select pieces from the new SariBlue® Leather Collection will be on display and the company’s Monaco Blue Lapis Lazuli Earrings will be included in Celebrity Gift Bags.

The SariBlue® Leather Collection is in keeping with designer/founder Christine Lorenzo’s philosophy that the perfect piece of everyday jewelry will be beautiful, simply designed and, through the incorporation of meaningful focal elements, “add a bit of peace, positivity and a bit of fun to the wearer’s style.”

“About 30 of the artisan group have their creations going, but only ten of us will have our creations on display. My pieces are going to be displayed so I am so excited about being part of it. My earrings will also be in the gift bags.”

For the Cannes Gift Lounge display, Lorenzo is showcasing an edited selection of pieces from the Leather Collection, including the unisex black leather “Infinity Bracelet” and the natural-toned leather “Power Girl Bracelet.”

The “Power Girl Bracelet” is one of Lorenzo’s favorites, both for its versatility as a fashion accessory and for what it symbolizes. “There isn’t a day that goes by where I’m not inspired by the wisdom, strength and perseverance of the women around me,” remarked Lorenzo. “In the wearing, this piece is a reminder that we are all 'Power Girls.”

Celebrities and press that pick up a The Artisan Group gift bag will find nestled inside a pair of SariBlue® “Monaco Blue Lapis Lazuli” earrings. The earrings showcase a rich, deep blue Lapis Lazuli with traditional blue evil eyes, silver-star spacer beads, sterling silver hooks and small ball beads. “These earrings offer a lovely monochromatic look,” noted Lorenzo. “And of course the color is very appropriate for Cannes.”

In addition to being featured at the Cannes Gift Lounge, SariBlue® Baby Belly Bells™ were gifted to some of Hollywood’s hottest Moms and Moms-to-Be in a 2013 Mother’s Day Celebrity Gift Bag presented in partnership with The Artisan Group. The trademarked Baby Belly Bells are maternity necklaces incorporating the Evil Eye Bead (a traditional protective amulet) and a bola chime in a long pendant worn over the pregnant belly to help calm and protect the unborn baby.

“There will be a representative of our group there and we have a fellow artisan who lives over there who can communicate with the French press on our behalf. We will be represented well,” said Lorenzo.