Anna Fanigina Verba jewelry

Anna Fanigina Verba jewelry
Riga based designer Anna Fanigina has been creating unique jewelry for 15 years. Her brand name Verba means pussy-willow in Russian. Noteworthy, her creations include Latin wisdom tested for centuries. According to Anna, such wisdom actually can help in a difficult situation and suggest the correct solution.
Featured here her most exquisite collection made in 2009 ‘Everything Changes, Nothing Is Truly Lost’. The collection shows transformation of things and nostalgia – silhouettes of people, ships and pigeons.
Noteworthy, the collection consists of silver and gold plated brooches with inserted old photos, post cards and old costume jewelry pieces. Traditionally, Annd uses natural stones – topaz, garnets, aquamarines, amethysts, sapphires, antique and Murano glass.

According to Anna, studying mathematics at university, she realized that she wanted to do something related to art. However, she didn’t know how to deal with this desire. Once, she came across the newspaper article about the artist, who finished Riga College of Applied Arts, and Anna felt that this was what she needed. Meanwhile she had tried everything, from fashion and interior design to ceramics. Finally, she chose metal.

Anna Fanigina Verba jewelry

The relative eternity of this material attracted her. Anna’s first decoration was a simple fine silver ring. One of her friends learned that Anna had just entered the jewellery business, but did not have a slightest idea how to do elementary ring. He invited her to his studio and arranged the first workshop. There, Anna learned how to bend, cut, solder, grind and polish silver.

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