Thank you to Elisa Anniss for her insightful interview.
Excerpt:
When London-based artist jeweller Ute Decker showed in Paris as part of the contemporary jewellery triennial Parcours Bijoux last October, she discovered that hallmarking complicated matters and that the expense and logistics of an ATA carnet and shipping were also problematic.
“A gallery invited me to show in Paris, but I looked at the costs of export directly from the UK and it was economically not worth it,” she says. “Shipping to France or Italy costs four or five times what it does elsewhere. Many French galleries have written off British artists and we are losing out.
Also, galleries can be shut down when the customs officers come in and check . . . documentation and look at every piece of jewellery.”
Decker says she received conflicting advice on whether applying for a French hallmark would be beneficial. “I find that with these issues everyone knows a little, but there isn’t any clarity.”
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