STORY
1948
ROBERT CLERC WAS BORN IN SWITZERLAND.
HE SERVED HIS APPRENTICESHIP IN FINE JEWELLERY IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND.
1975
ROBERT OPENED HIS FIRST JEWELLERY STORE IN THE STRAND ARCADE IN SYDNEY AUSTRALIA.
HE DESIGNED HIS FIRST COLLECTION OF JEWELLERY, THE EGYPTIAN COLLECTION.
HE WON THE AUSTRALIAN JEWELLERY DESIGN AWARD THE SAME YEAR.
1979
HE MOVED TO PARIS FOR THE YEAR & CREATED HIS NINETEEN HUNDRED COLLECTION.
PURCHASED BY MELBOURNE’S GRAND DEPARTMENT STORE, GEORGES OF MELBOURNE.
1980
ROBERT RETURNED TO SYDNEY TO EXHIBIT HIS NEW COLLECTION OF WORK AT GEORGES OF MELBOURNE.
GEORGES THEN COMMISSIONED ROBERT TO DESIGN & CREATE A PIECE OF JEWELLERY TO COMMEMORATE THEIR CENTENARY.
ROBERT OPENED A NEW STORE & WORKSHOP ON THE FIRST LEVEL OF THE STRAND ARCADE.
1981
ROBERT WAS AWARDED THE DE BEERS SUPREME DIAMOND DESIGN AWARD.
HE CREATES HIS ABORIGINAL COLLECTION OF JEWELLERY.
1982
HE WAS COMMISSIONED TO DESIGN & CONSTRUCT THE CHARLES DAVIES MEMORIAL TROPHY FOR THE SYDNEY TO HOBART YACHT RACE. THE STERLING SILVER TROPHY STANDS ONE METRE HIGH.
1985
OPENED A NEW STORE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE STRAND ARCADE.
INTRODUCED CARVED SCARAB GEMSTONES TO THE EGYPTIAN COLLECTION, WHICH EVOLVED INTO THE SCARAB COLLECTION.
CREATED HIS SCULPTURAL DESIGN STATEMENT FOR HIS POWERFUL RINGS.
1987
THE AUSTRALIAN BICENTENNIAL AUTHORITY COMMISSIONED ROBERT TO DESIGN & CONSTRUCT THE TALL SHIPS RACE TROPHY IN STERLING SILVER.
1990
THE ELABORATE ETRUSCAN COLLECTION IS CREATED. ROBERT USES THE TRADITIONAL GRANULATION METHOD TO CREATE HIS TEXTURE.
1997
THE ROBERT CLERC JEWELLERY, QUEEN VICTORIA BUILDING STORE IS OPENED.
ROBERT STUDIED SCULPTURE TO EXTEND HIS KNOWLEDGE OF FORM & MOVEMENT.
1998
THE MAGIC STONE COLLECTION IS DESIGNED, BASED ON WORN RIVER PEBBLES, CARVED WITH ABORIGINAL SYMBOLS.
2000
THE GREAT BARRIER REEF COLLECTION IS CREATED WHERE WE USE SOUTH SEA PEARLS WITH THE DESIGNS.
2001
ROBERT DESIGNS HIS DONUT COLLECTION.
2003
ROBERT RECEIVED HIS FIRST PRIVATE COMMISSION FOR A LARGE SCALE PIECE OF BRONZE SCULPTURE. HIS SCULPTURE IS NOW IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS IN AMERICA, SWITZERLAND, GERMANY & NEW ZEALAND.
2006
OPENED A BEAUTIFUL GALLERY SPACE IN WOOLLAHRA, IN OUR OWN BUILDING, TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE THE JEWELLERY & SCULPTURE.
THE BRONZE SCULPTURE COLLECTION IS EXTENDED TO INCLUDE GIANT VERSIONS OF ROBERT’S JEWELLERY DESIGNS.
2009
COMMISSIONED FOR HIS FIRST PUBLIC WORK WHICH SITS IN THE GROUNDS OF KAMBALA GIRL’S PRIVATE SCHOOL IN ROSE BAY, AUSTRALIA.
2010
BRISBANE GIRLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL COMMISSIONED ROBERT TO DESIGN & PRODUCE A SCULPTURE TO SIT IN THE GROUNDS. THE STAINLESS STEEL PANEL, ENTITLED ‘REFLECTION’ IS POSITIONED BY THE POOL AREA NEXT TO THEIR AWARD WINNING ARCHITECTURE.
THE CREATURE COLLECTION IS CREATED.
2011
THE SPUN SPHERE COLLECTION IS CREATED.
2012
ROBERT DESIGNS THE PEACE & HAPPINESS COLLECTION.
HE USES RESIN AS AN INSET FOR THE PIECES OF JEWELLERY. THE RESIN IS HAND POLISHED.
THE PEACE EGG & SCULPTURED HEART ARE TWO FINE EXAMPLES OF THIS COMBINATION OF MATERIALS.
2013
THE SKULL COLLECTION IS CREATED.
2014
ROBERT CREATES THE BRONZE SUN MAN & MOON WOMAN SCULPTURES.
2015
THE NEW SHOWROOM ON OXFORD STREET, PADDINGTON IS OPENED.
THE AWARD WINNING ARCHITECT, IAN MOORE DESIGNS A GRAND SHOWROOM & WORKSHOP.
2018
MARCH | A NEW ERA, WE HAVE CLOSED OUR STORE & ARE NOW OFFERING A BESPOKE SERVICE BY APPOINTMENT FROM OUR OFFICE IN WOOLLAHRA.
LATE 2018
DECEMBER | ROBERT LAUNCHES HIS NEW COLLECTION, ANIMALS & ELEMENTS OF NATURE.
THE HORSE, DOG & CAT ARE THE FEATURE ELEMENTS, WHICH HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN CREATED IN 2017 FOR THE PURPOSE OF BRONZE SCULPTURE. THESE ARE COMBINED WITH THE ELEMENTS: BOTANICALS I, BOTANICALS II, SUN, SAND, SEED & WATER. EACH ELEMENT OF NATURE IS CARVED & DIAMOND SET ON BOTH SIDES.
THE WORK IS TYPICAL OF ROBERT’S STYLISED DESIGN AND HIS SCULPTURAL APPROACH TO HIS JEWELLERY.
2019
ROBERT DESIGNS HIS QUEEN SCARAB COLLECTION IT IS THE FIRST TIME THAT HE HAS ADAPTED HIS WRAP WIRE TECHNIQUE TO AN ARMLET DESIGN
2020
THE YIN/YANG RING IS CREATED OUT OF CHALLENGING TIMES AS A SYMBOL OF HOPE TO THE RETURN OF A BALANCE TO THE WORLD.
LATE 2020
ROBERT DESIGNS HIS GOLDEN BEE COLLECTION TO CELEBRATE THIS IMPORTANT LITTLE CREATURE .
