Maria Dima - Unde
Broken
tradition. City Glass
The
collection started last year, and it was inspired by tradition and old symbols.
I first saw the signs in Virgil Vasilescu’s books about past civilizations’ symbols
in our region, passed on through generations in various expressions: knitting,
sewing, ceramics, wood working, etc, After that came the glass...the city
glass, all the little, broken glass pieces that –for example- remain after an
accident. Not at all precious, not at all wanted. I started collecting them and
also thinking more and more about the glass buildings. If you look at a glass
building, you will see yourself.
I
started my journey as a jeweler around 4 years ago, after discovering my
creativity during my acupuncture therapy and took the wax jewelry course at
Assamblage Institute in Bucharest. After 2 years, I created the brand UNDE, a
Romanian word game, meaning „where” and „frequencies” at the same time. As a
personal aim I want people to see beauty in everything, to rediscover jewelry
as a way to express and be in love with the Universe as it is, with life and
death at the same time. That’s why my style is somehow medieval and a little
witchy. I think this became my signature.
