Atelierul de Portelan - Romania
Atelierul de Portelan
Designer biography:
I started my artistic journey when I was 10 years old, passing from drawing to painting, molding and clothes design. After graduating from the Art Academy I worked mainly with clothes and costumes as a scenographer and fashion stylist . After a while I opened my own art gallery and managed it for 10 years. In 2015 I decided to take another challenge so the Porcelain Studio was born. It’s not easy work, the process is complicated, but with a lot of perseverance and courage, new things can be done. I think I choose to work with porcelain, fascinated by its final delicacy and preciousness, so hard to obtain, from the first molding to the final burn.
Collection concept: Wear the Flower
The collection continues a series we began several years ago, where the flower serves as both a starting point and a process of transformation. Over time, the forms have been simplified and have gained volume — what remains now is the essence. The flower unfolds into autonomous fragments. Anemone petals become objects worn directly — on the ear or as brooches, sometimes as if they have just fallen. The lily gathers into a cup. Snowdrops and lilies of the valley grow beyond their natural scale, becoming clear, almost sculptural presences. Porcelain sustains this tension — fragile and resilient at the same time. Each piece preserves the trace of gesture and transformation through fire. It is a continuation taken further: from flower as image, to flower as structure. The flower is not observed. It is worn.
