Maria Paltin (Romania)
MARIA PALTIN
Designer biography:
I have always made jewelry, in my childhood I used to play with copper wire and small beads that I had stolen from my mom’s jewelry box. Later, after I graduated from the Ion Mincu architecture university, with the materials I had left from the layout, I started making with a dear friend plexiglass jewelry. That period of time was very important for my journey. I could apply the esthetics learned in college so that I could enter the wonderful world of contemporary jewelry.
Some years ago I discovered porcelain, and it was an epiphanie. The moment I touched the wet clay, I knew this was my journey. I like to seek inspiration in the animal and vegetable world, in the art of classic artists like Brancusi, Matisse…but sometimes events around us are an inspiration, the incredible courage that some people naturally have.
Collection concept:
This is a collection born from the need for space, freedom, and free movement. I needed the feeling given by a safe space, I needed to make sure that the expression of a free flow would be consistent with my feelings.
The pieces I made show freedom and movement, rigid translucent porcelain coated with raw minerals is capable of appearing subtle and flowing.
• The Flow • collection is about that feeling you get, after a rough period of time, the desire to move freely, effortlessly, lightly like the wind. It is an expression of being completely free.
