It all started with a lot of trash.

 

About 7 years ago, I was working in a company that designed and produced a lot of products from plexiglass. In the process of making them, there was a lot of plastic waste that went to the trash. They saw it as trash, I thought to myself. Well, maybe I can make something from it.

Back home, I had a lot of nail polish that was left in bottles - not enough for both sets of nails, but also not enough to throw away. An idea sparked in my mind, and Lacuna was born.

I splatted a few drops on plexiglass plates, merged them, and watched how the colors mixed. But when I separated them, that is when the spark in me started to flicker.

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What will I call that? It needs to have a name and a logo, of course. I am a designer, and it deserve to have a wonderful storytelling and branding.

 

I knew I wanted something with a meaning. I remember one word I was always fond of, Hiraeth - a feeling of longing for home you don’t know if it even exists. But that didn’t quite sound right. So I dug deeper into Latin words and spent some time to find the perfect one.

 

That is when I found the name. Lacuna - a gap, an absent part, a piece that is missing. It was perfect. When I read it, I immediately had a picture of a logo in my head. In that moment, all of the plexy plates I have had were round; it was the first batch of waste I gathered, and I had an idea of a circle, divided into 4 parts, but only three are drawn, because the one part that is missing is actually the person who will be wearing the earring. Also, there is 3 components of the earrings - the plexiglass, colors, and studs - 3 parts of the circle, and the only one that is missing is a human being to make it whole. So that is how Lacuna jewelry got its story and logo.

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The idea was simple: turn waste and trash into something beautiful.

Recycling the plastic waste of all shapes, combining it with bright and vivid colors, but at the time, I didn’t have enough money to invest. So firstly, it was cheap material, and I didn’t want that, so I leveled up as quickly as I could to stainless steel. Still, it was not enough. I was not satisfied.

 

After years, I decided it was time to level up. Sterling silver or gold-plated sterling silver is the only material I now use. Also, the colors are no longer nail polish colors, but the plastic recycling part still remains. 

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This is Lacuna - a part that has been missing. From you to you. The plates are detachable from the studs, so you can easily combine different plate sizes or colors to your liking. 

Every earring comes either in a pouch if it’s a smaller one, or in a box for bigger ones. Each has its own polishing cloth and a certificate that it’s handmade by me. A lot of love, peace, and creativity is poured into every piece. Not one is the same; every piece is unique and can’t be replicated.