Ramona Popescu

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Designer biography:

I have a degree in Economics, a PhD in management and I taught economics for 15 years. From 2019, I started studying the art of jewelry with David Sandu and Andreia Gabriela Popescu as teachers at Assamblage, the Institute of Art and Design in Bucharest. Since 2021, I have exhibited at contemporary jewelry exhibitions both in the country (Romanian Jewelry Week editions 2020, 2021 and 2022) and abroad (1st Contemporary Jewelry Biennial Lisbon 2021, VI Muestra de Orfebrería Contemporánea de Madrid 2022, Milano Jewelry Week 2022). The main inspiration for the jewelries is the nature, with all its shapes and colors but I consider that jewelry is also a mean to expose ideas about human feelings. I use different working methods and techniques, from construction and centrifugal casting to keum-boo and different crocheting methods.

Collection concept:

1. REMAINS OF SUMMER
This collection is about seeing beauty in the decaying remains of the glorious summer, is about not giving up to old just because it doesn’t match it’s ancient beauty. The intent is to rearrange and combine disparate pieces in order to create new images, like portraits of a different summer.
One can see in this collection a parallel between the end of summer and the end of youth.

2. EFFERVESCENCE
I started this collection thinking of the two definitions of this word: on one hand, the fact that bubbles of gas are produced or exist in a liquid and, on the other hand, the state of being active, positive, and full of energy.
Bubbles of coloured wire and pearls are meant to give to the wearer a positive, vibrant state of mind, energy and exuberance. The asymmetry of the pieces underline the idea that the unexpected is sometimes welcome in our lives and it can bring joy and happiness.

Ramona Popescu (Romania)

Ramona Popescu

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