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The story behind TiKa* de La Botte..
Cassandre Martinez has been imagining and creating jewelry since childhood..
The discovery of metalwork opened new horizons for her, allowing her to fully explore her artistic expression under the entity TiKa* de La Botte.
She is particularly drawn to revealing a sensitive aesthetic and a refined yet profound sensuality.
Imperfection runs through her work like a guiding thread, reflecting our humble humanity.
Trained as a music therapist, Cassandre Martinez has always shared an intimate connection with Music. It is present both in her creative process and within the pieces themselves, permeating her universe in subtle or more expressive ways.
“I feel that my work emerges from a subtle dialogue between my hands, my gaze… and something more invisible: a presence, an intuition guided by Music.”
“TiKa de La Botte creates micro-sculptural jewelry that celebrates the aesthetics of wabi-sabi, the ancient Japanese philosophy that finds beauty in imperfection, impermanence, and simplicity. The artist works with dualities: perfection and imperfection, intellect and intuition, art and nature, the geometric and the organic, rectilinear and curvilinear, sound and silence, strength and fragility, the ordinary and the extraordinary, and everything in between. TiKa's jewelry reminds us of the transient nature of all things and celebrates our common humanity."
Anna Tahinci – 2025
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In 2024, TiKa* de La Botte was selected by the Ilias Lalaounis Museum in Athens to take part in the Jewelry Artist in Residence Program (JaIR).
This privileged period of creation, within one of Greece's most emblematic jewellery institutions, marked an important step in her artistic journey. Days spent in the workshop, guidance from master artisans, and exchanges with visitors all helped nourish her reflection and breathe new energy into her work.
In 2025, jeweller Panagiotis Tsiklis welcomed her into his workshop in the heart of Athens' historic jewellery district, providing an environment conducive to the continuation of her artistic research.
Driven by a desire to deepen her technical expertise, she also joined Anamma - Art Jewellery School, where she continues her training under the guidance of Dimitris Nikolaidis and Judy McCaig.
In 2026, she established her workbench, tools and patina studio in the Psirri district of Athens, sharing a creative space with scenographer Kiki Pitta. A new chapter that allows her to further develop her artistic universe through experimentation, material exploration and creation.