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Loredana Mandas

  • 750 (18 K) yellow gold black onyx-mounted filigree pendant. This refined and original jewel reinterprets traditional Sardinian goldsmith's art in a more contemporary perspective, including references to other cultures.

  • 750 yellow gold wedding ring, embellished with an emerald, featuring a refined and original filigree. Made of a fretworked foil and embellished by filigree and a mounted emerald. This piece is characterized by detailed decorations skillfully crafted by hand.

  • 18 K yellow gold band ring crafted with the filigree technique. The simple and elegant design merges innovation and creativity, creating unique original and sophisticated patterns.

  • 18K yellow gold filigree earrings, featuring a black onyx teardrop-shaped bezel. This jewel of refined taste is an original reinterpretation of traditional Sardinian designs.

  • 18 K yellow gold pendant crafted with the filigree technique. The design features a stylized version of a Sun, with a play of thine rays and refined filigree.

The artisan

Loredana Mandas, one of the few filigree artisans in the South of Sardinia, started her apprenticeship in 1988 at the workshop run by Vittorio Melis, a Cagliari old-school goldsmith master. In her workshop, located in the pictoresque Marina district of Cagliari, she offers a collection of hand-made jewels, reinterpreting traditional Sardinian jewels in a skillfully original and sophisticated way.

The collection

Her shop-windows display traditional jewels together with contemporary earrings and rings, embellished with precious and semi-precious stones. Brillant, blue topazes, amethysts, corals, turquoises, garnets, each stone may becone the central piece of a precious composition.

The technique

In her workshop, she uses all goldsmith's techniques, but the one that mostly characterizes her production is the precious filigree, skillfully crafted by hand. Research and innovation applied to objects of modern and refined taste. Precious stones are chosen with careful and attentive eye.

More details on the Mediterranean Crafts Archive

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Where to find them

Indirizzo:
Loredana Mandas Via Sicilia, 31 Cagliari (CA)

E-mail: loredanamandas@tiscali.it

Telefono: +39 (0)70 667648 - +39 334 9462194

Sito web: www.loredanamandas.com