Anna Fanigina - VERBA - Latvia
Anna Fanigina - VERBA
Designer biography:
Anna Fanigina – jewellery designer, creator of the brand VERBA, graduated from the University of Latvia with a B.Sc. degree in mathematics (1994) and Riga Applied Art College as a metal designer (2000). Prize winner of design contests in Latvia (2017), Lithuania (2022), Finland (2005). As a part of Venice Design Week, a finalist in the competition “Jewellery Selection” (2017, 2020, 2021), a special prize for the continuation of antique traditions from the National Archaeological Museum of Adria (2017) and a winner of the contest “Instrumenta Design”, Italy (2020). Works are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design in Riga, the Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum in Athens. Member of the Latvian Jewellery Art Association.
Collection concept:
Brooch collection FRAGMENTA / “fragments“. It is based on the rhymes of ancient elements and harmonies from the fragmentarily preserved ancient Greek poetry. Fragments of poems are engraved on shards of transparent stones to embody the feelings, moods, ideas and secrets as a distant starlight that continues to charge our souls several millennia later. Each brooch is a carrier of light that seems to create a projection on the reality of the new age. This collection is dedicated to and inspired by Ilze Rumniece, Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Latvia. In this collection are used specially made half raw semi-precious stones, such as aquamarines, topazes and quartzes.
