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Alexandra Tauc

  • Alexandra Ungurelu Jewelry
  • Jewellery maker
  • Bucharest, Romania
  • Master Artisan
Alexandra Tauc Jewellery maker
Contact
Romanian, English
Hours:
By appointment only
Phone:
+40 741530813
©Serban Ungurelu

Finding purpose in jewellery making

  • • Alexandra always does a lot of sketching before she begins the making process
  • • She enjoys working with minute segments and details in gold or silver
  • • She has previously taught jewellery classes and finds sharing her knowledge very rewarding

For Alexandra Tauc, the connection with creativity and art started a long time ago, in school. She first studied painting and drawing, and later attended jewellery making classes for more direct contact with materials. Knowing that she had found her calling, and after taking several courses dedicated to the craft in 2011, she set up a workshop at home and immediately began working and experimenting. In 2019 she moved to a larger studio, which she shares with two jewellery designers, and opened her showroom in the same space. Alexandra specialises in sawing metal, construction and forming techniques, as well as forging and creating mechanisms such as catches, chains and hinges. Her other skills include wax carving and stone setting techniques, of which flush and tube setting are what she uses the most.

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Works

  • ©Alexandra Ungurelu Tauc
  • ©Doru Oprisan
  • ©Alexandra Ungurelu Tauc
  • ©Alexandra Ungurelu Tauc
  • ©Alexandra Ungurelu Tauc
Photo: ©Alexandra Ungurelu Tauc
Surrounded by Love

This ring was created to symbolise the love of a man for his fiancée. A dome of white gold was mounted upside-down on a minimal ring, and atop the dome a brilliant cut diamond was set using the flush setting technique. The ring is made by construction technique and has a shiny finish.

Photo: ©Doru Oprisan
Amethyst Wings

Part of the Silver Wings collection and inspired by the wings of exotic birds and plants, these earrings have a feminine look, represented by the repetitive oval shape. A single form evolves into to a multitude of shapes and directions. The earrings are constructed in sterling silver, with different oval shapes soldered together, combined with two amethyst cabochons in bezel setting.

Photo: ©Alexandra Ungurelu Tauc
Coralivert

Part of the Underneath collection, this pair of earrings, created in 14 carat white gold, brings to mind the small underwater creatures that live along the coral reefs and deep in the abyss. They were made by Alexandra Tauc sawing organic shapes and piercing them to create pores, constructing a hollow shape and setting rose cut peridot stones.

Photo: ©Alexandra Ungurelu Tauc
Stone Cut Pyramid

This is a ring created in 14 carat white gold and a rhodium plated finish. It is an asymmetric hexagon constructed as a hollow form, with three baguette cut diamonds set by flush setting. The hollow hexagon is soldered onto a minimal square profile band.

Photo: ©Alexandra Ungurelu Tauc
Moon Full of Diamonds

This pendant was made using 14 carat yellow gold. By sawing a metal circle, using the reticulation technique and doming the textured shape, the piece is hollow, with a custom-made setting, such as for a bezel. It holds three brilliant cut diamonds and a small flat cabochon lapis lazuli. The diamonds were part of an old piece of jewellery and they were kept and reintegrated for sentimental value.

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