Atelier Mascari - Romania
Atelier Mascari
Designer biography:
I have always been drawn to sculpture, to the act of shaping matter with my hands, feeling the resistance of clay, the mark a finger leaves, the life that hides in imperfection. In 2017, at Assamblage in Bucharest, I encountered jewellery for the first time, and something clicked: classical techniques, a contemporary vision, and a material that could hold the memory of touch permanently. I never stopped seeing jewellery as sculpture. Each piece begins as a modelled form. Through the lost wax process, its raw texture, gesture, and deliberate irregularities travel into metal and remain there, held in silver. This collection is my first. It is how I see myself as a maker.
Collection concept
Măști is the debut collection of Atelier Mascari: seven unique pieces in fine 925 silver, inspired by the characters of Romanian ceremonial masks. Drawn from winter rites of renewal, fertility, transformation, and the symbolic death and rebirth of nature, the collection reflects traditions whose imagery may preserve echoes of pre Christian belief. Each piece begins as a hand modelled form and is cast using the lost wax technique, preserving the raw texture, the gesture, and the intentional imperfection in the final silver. Not reproductions, but interpretations: ancestral memory cast in precious metal.
