THE NATHALIE SEBAN INTERVIEW
Denude Directory - Première Conversation
Maison Marin is the product of two women - Nathalie Seban and Marin Erchel - united by sculpture, femininity, and a shared vision of modern luxury that bridges jewellery, artistry, and spatial expression.
I. ORIGIN, FORMATION & IDENTITY
1. Nathalie, before the world meets “the creator,” who is the woman behind Sensual Jewellery by Maison Marin?
I am a woman who is confident, intuitive, and deeply creative. I move forward with a clear vision and a quiet presence, never seeking to put myself forward - my creations speak for me.
What I love most is allowing my work to be discovered gradually, as a series of revelations.
To create anticipation, a sense of suspense - that question people keep asking:
“What will she imagine next?”
I love surprising, exceeding expectations, and opening doors no one saw coming.
The story continues, and the future will speak…
2. Where were you born, and what early memories shaped your sensitivity to form and beauty?
I was born in the Lyon region, in a setting where nature offered lines and curves that already felt sculptural.
From a very young age, I was drawing, painting, creating instinctively. I have always known I had an artistic gift, a natural ability to blend worlds, materials, and emotions without limits.
3. Did your creativity come from studies or instinct?
Both.
I completed a Bac +2, but my creativity existed long before any formal path.
I was always sketching, painting, observing forms - naturally drawn toward the artistic world.
My true formation is intuitive: I create through my senses, my instinct, and my vision.
4. When did you realise you perceive the world sculpturally?
Very early.
Curves, silhouettes, textures have always caught my eye.
For me, every movement is a sculpture, every gesture an artwork.
II. THE MEETING OF TWO WOMEN - NATHALIE & MARIN
5. How did you and Marin Erchel meet to create Maison Marin Monaco?
Monaco brought us together.
Marin is a very well-known figure there - a woman of intuition, strong aesthetic sense and deep connection to the world of luxury.
From our first meeting, the synergy was immediate.
6. What made your collaboration inevitable?
Our shared vision.
Our ambition.
Our artistic standards.
We see luxury in the same way: purity, sculpture, emotion, femininity.
We wanted to create an artistic universe that could stand at a global reference level in both jewellery and interior artistry.
7. What drew you into haute tapestry work?
The desire to transform a space the way a jewel transforms a body.
Tapestry is monumental, tactile, living art - for me, a form of architectural jewellery.
III. TAPESTRIES - THE OTHER SIDE OF MAISON MARIN
8. What do tapestries offer that other art forms cannot?
Presence.
Warmth.
Emotional depth.
A tapestry is not just observed - it is felt.
9. What materials inspire you most?
Contrasts: raw and precious, matte and luminous, soft and bold.
I choose materials the same way I choose diamonds, through emotion.
10. Do you have a favourite tapestry you’ve created?
Yes: Silhouettes.
It reveals the beauty of women through lines, curves, and shadows.
Elegant, mysterious, powerful - an ode to femininity.
11. Why do tapestries personalise a space so profoundly?
Because they carry the energy of the person they are created for.
They do not decorate a wall - they inhabit it.
IV. THE BIRTH OF “SENSUAL JEWELLERY BY MAISON MARIN”
12. Why launch a single piece - Cambrure - rather than a full collection?
Because the journey had to begin with a statement.
Cambrure holds my entire universe: sensuality, line, sculpture, movement.
Cambrure will be reimagined in multiple creative versions, including star-inspired editions.
The unique collections that I create do not exist, that's why I haven't focused on traditional jewellery but on artistic jewellery.
13. What can we expect from the collection to come?
Sculptures, futuristic designs.
14. Why did Cambrure impose itself as the first piece?
Because it is universal - speaking to all women through strength, grace, tension, release.
15. What does the name “Cambrure” represent to you?
Elegance in power.
A curve that tells a story without words.
V. THE CAMBRURE - SCULPTURE BEFORE JEWELLERY
16. Which parts of the female body inspired it?
The arch of the back, the waist, the natural lines of movement.
17. The sensuality is subtle. Was that intentional?
It is natural.
Sensuality is inherent to the feminine form - it doesn’t need to be forced or explicit.
It exists in the curve, the balance, the silence of the line.
For me, sensuality is about suggestion, not demonstration.
18. Why design a piece that can be worn on the hand or on a Hermès Kelly?
Because modern luxury is free.
A jewel must follow the woman, adapt to her, live with her.
19. What do you look for in diamonds?
Emotion.
Inner light.
A unique vibration.
VI. MATERIALS, BESPOKE WORK & THE LUXURY CLIENT
20. What possibilities should future clients understand?
That everything is possible.
Natural diamonds, lab diamonds, specific carats, personalised curves…
I create for women who want the exceptional.
21. Who do you imagine wearing Cambrure?
Iconic, confident, singular women:
Kylie Jenner, Kim Kardashian, Hailey Bieber, Jennifer Lopez (J.Lo), Cardi B,
and the many private clients who move quietly through the world of ultra-luxury.
22. What feeling do you want a woman to embody when she wears your piece?
Sovereignty.
Confidence.
The freedom to fully be herself.
VII. PROCESS, PHILOSOPHY & FUTURE CREATIONS
23. What does your creative process look like?
It begins with an emotion.
Sometimes I draw, sometimes I visualise mentally - always guided by instinct.
24. What did creating Cambrure teach you?
That creation always reveals something about oneself.
And that my instinct is my greatest strength.
25. Where is your artistic universe heading?
Toward more sculpture, more audacity, more freedom.
Toward pieces that blur the line between jewellery, object, and artwork.
VIII. A MESSAGE TO THE DENUDE WOMAN
26. What can a Denude woman expect when she enters your universe?
A unique and exclusive experience.
A piece that reflects her essence.
IX. DENUDE SIGNATURE QUESTIONS
27. When everything unnecessary falls away, what remains at the heart of your work?
For me, this is a tribute to women - a celebration of the female body in its elegance, beauty, and discretion.
Speaking about the body is never about provocation. It is about honouring women: their presence, their grace, and the way they inhabit the world. At the same time, when worn the other way, the ring reveals a heart - a symbol of love, intention and meaning.
28. Tell us a secret.
Every piece begins with an inner whisper.
I create because certain forms insist on being born.
