What is Technoromanticism? The Design Philosophy Behind Xtellar

Technoromanticism in Contemporary Jewelry: The Story Behind Sarcire

For the first time, I designed a jewelry collection starting only from a concept. Usually, I begin with a clear image and develop it into a piece of jewelry. This time, I started with a vague idea: technoromanticism.

When I returned to Xtellar, my conceptual jewelry project, my intention was to create sculptural 3D pieces. Digital sculpture has always been my strength. But in the age of Artificial Intelligence, that strength feels destabilized.

AI tools can now generate 3D models in minutes, models that once took me weeks to build. That shift inevitably changes the meaning of working in 3D.

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of 3D Jewelry Design

I have experimented extensively with AI tools: image generators, language models, and more recently 3D software capable of transforming images into printable models.

The technical process still requires human intervention. Thickness must be adjusted, files prepared for printing, and surfaces refined. Yet the initial creative impulse is no longer entirely mine.

When effort disappears, meaning shifts.
If something takes seconds to generate, does it carry the same weight as something built over days?

This question became central to my creative process.

Handmade Jewelry as Resistance

When photography appeared, painting transformed. It moved away from pure representation and toward subjectivity through movements such as Impressionism, Cubism, and Expressionism.

Today, AI produces subjective and surreal imagery instantly. Perhaps now it is our turn to bring digital creation back into physical reality.

In contemporary jewelry, many designers respond through organic handmade forms. I admire that path, but my response is different.

My approach is not about rejecting technology, but about learning to coexist with it.

Sarcire: A Technoromantic Jewelry Collection

After reflecting on this tension between digital precision and human gesture, an image appeared: a metal plate embroidered with thread.

Laser-cut metal and cross-stitch embroidery coexist in the same object. Industrial precision is paired with warmth. A cold structure is completed through human time and care.

From that image, the Sarcire collection was born.

The name Sarcire comes from Latin and means “to mend” or “to repair what is broken.” It reflects the union of craftsmanship and technology, embroidery and laser cutting, mechanical production and manual attention.

Sarcire is my way of practicing technoromanticism in jewelry design.