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:
The Echoes of Earth collection invites the wearer to carry the story of the distant past with them, transforming forgotten organisms into conversations about time, memory, and ecological awareness. Fossils are not dead objects, but echoes of a living past, resurfacing to tell their story in a new context.
