Loredana Cleja - Romania
Loredana Cleja
Designer biography:
Loredana Cleja, an Interior Architect by profession, started her journey of creating contemporary jewelry in 2013, shortly after completing the initiation course at the Assamblage Jewelry School. She participated in numerous collective exhibitions in Romania and had two personal exhibitions, in 2021 and 2023. Care for the environment became a recurring theme in her work; with each new collection she began gradually integrating materials recovered from construction sites or natural elements collected from travels, alongside structural elements made of silver. The balance between precious metal and non-conformist materials creates the narrative thread and challenges the viewer to reflection.
Collection concept: Strange Horizons
What if you could wear a small jewelry piece which represents a portal to a distant land, on another planet which revolves around a remote Star? You will see a strange landscape, maybe devoid of life, with otherworldly colours and textures. You will allow your eyes and mind to wander and explore the beauty of the unknown, the cosmic terrain and the shifting skylines. And when you get back, maybe you will see our home world, this Earth, in a different light, and you will think about what makes us human.
