28/04/2026
"The artist’s first relationship began with stone. The oldest known artifacts are beads made of bone and stone. This is how it all started. Jewelry has always been essential to Homo sapiens. Today, our relationship with jewelry carries an incredible depth and significance. Jewelry is, in my view, an imperative and a necessity rather than a luxury. The new perspective on jewelry through artist-cut stones expands creative freedom and artistic thinking. We already see—and will see at Growing Gems at Romanian Jewelry Week—how unexpected the results of this new world of stone cutting can be."
David Sandu Jewelry interview by Alexandra Bujenita for Klimt02, on the new Growing Gems section of Romanian Jewelry Week 💎
At the 2026 edition, Romanian Jewelry Week launches Growing Gems, a section dedicated to artists who transform stone cutting into a creative and conceptual practice in its own right. From traditional techniques to radical experiments, the initiative ...