Jean Martin's sculptures are built from a single material, stainless steel nuts — the same high grade steel used in the construction of superyachts — welded one by one into luminous, ethereal figures. Through years of experimentation, he refined a single technique that arranges these nuts into a delicate lacework, producing figures that are simultaneously solid and transparent, present and discreet. This transparency allows the sculptures to integrate harmoniously into architectural or natural settings.
Jean Martin is a French sculptor based in Saint-Barthélemy, renowned for his elegant stainless-steel statues composed of hundreds of meticulously welded metal nuts. Jean Martin's work is exhibited and collected worldwide — in the United States, France, London, Geneva, Buenos Aires, Tel Aviv, and throughout Saint Barthélemy.