Ana-Maria Lecușescu (Romania)
ANA-MARIA LECUSESCU
Biography:
I have always nurtured the desire to create. I was born in Piatra Neamț, a mountain town in northeastern Romania, and I spent most of my summer vacations with my grandparents near Humulești. My grandmother was a seamstress in the village and I used to make clothes for my dolls from the leftover materials left by her orders. This passion continued in my adolescence when I was making my own clothes. However, I have a degree in finance and accounting, fields in which I have been active for a period of my life. After the age of 30, I returned to my passion for creating, but this time I turned my attention to jewelry making. I took several courses in handmade jewelry making in Bucharest, and I studied at the Carmen Saeculare art school in Piatra Neamt, the painting department, and also took personal and spiritual development courses, including holistic therapies such as Reiki, Theta Healing and crystal therapy courses. That's how I came up with the "Magia Cristalelor" style in which I design handmade jewelry with raw crystals dedicated to all crystal lovers. The technique that I use to make the jewelry is wire-wrapping. Starting in 2021, I attended courses of contemporary jewelry making at the Institute of Art and Design Assamblage where I learned several techniques related to the art of jewelry making. These courses have advanced my knowledge of working with metals and precious stones, opening my appetite for fine jewelry, including contemporary designer jewelry. So I started creating unique gold and silver jewelry for many of my loved ones. Although I am a beginner in this field, I want to participate in Romania Jewelry Week 2022.
Collection Concept: Renaissance of the Inner Self
Inspired by my transformation process over the last 10 years, I created the "Renaissance of the Inner Self" jewelry collection.
We are born into societies that shape us as individuals and walk freely through life, but this freedom is relative because all desires and choices are conditioned by what we have been taught. But there comes a time when we wake up from this automatism with questions like: Who am I really? What is my purpose? What do I really want? These questions produce major transformations in us, in our consciousness, and lead us on a path of self-discovery that elevates us on a personal and spiritual level. This process of transformation reveals to us a self-awareness of its imperfections, of its limiting programs and beliefs that block its unlimited potential for manifestation. This consciousness expands and itself becomes enlightened. New programs and beliefs emerge that free it from the old ones and help it manifest its full potential.
I call this process the "Renaissance of the Inner Self" and I divide it into 5 phases:
1. The self is unconscious of its imperfection.
2. The self is aware of its imperfection.
3. The self is unconscious of its perfection.
4. The self is aware of its perfection.
5. The self expresses its perfection.
For each of the phases I created a piece using 3 types of metal (silver, copper and brass).
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