Angela Ciobanu
"Scratched Beauty" Brooch

It is the imperfection in things that surprises and attracts our perception. Our imperfect and asymmetrical construction will endlessly filter Beauty through senses which unconsciously search for scratches in Perfection.

Brooch. Silver, fine gold granulation.

Mirroring my fascination with imperfections and surprising details placed in apparently conventional shapes, my work is the pursuit of a certain unexpected strength that lies in fragility and lightness. The objects that I create push the traditional confines of jewellery, challenging the idea that a piece of jewellery should be just an adornment for the body. I perceive my studio as a ground for experiments, a fab lab where creativity meets old manufacturing techniques and innovative technology.
Currently living and working in Vienna, I was born in 1984 in Bucharest and I have graduated from the University of Architecture ‘Ion Mincu’ in the same city. I worked my first piece of jewelry in March 2010 – a ring that I lost, a month later, in an airport.