Slightly Windy Golden Leaves is a one-of-a-kind piece resulting from a partnership between the students of the Master's in Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship at ECAL and Manufacture Reuge. It encourages contemplation of the landscapes and the rolling hills of the Jura balcony in Switzerland, and it features a base with hand-gilded motifs that replicate the topography of the Sainte-Croix region, its place of origin. Major roads, rivers, and reliefs are represented on it.
The musical movement has been placed to indicate the factory site of Reuge and the field of wheat from which the ears of wheat come.
In a captivating golden ballet, twelve carefully selected and stabilized ears of wheat sway in harmony with the music, immersing viewers in its enchanting ambiance. Slightly Windy is conceived to evoke and celebrate this graceful dance of nature, even during the depths of winter.
It is thanks to the musical mechanism associated with an automaton that the ears of wheat come to life, thereby reproducing the organic spectacle of Nature. Various drawing techniques, as well as many hours of work, were necessary for the craftswoman to create the different gildings with 22-karat gold leaf.