I do not often talk about my works for order. Trying to get better. The jewelry that personifies personal stories is always an additional reason for a great care and responsibility.

The tree, fluffy sakura, grows at the mother of one of my customers, Svetlana, in the garden in Irkutsk. Brought from Vladivostok, took its root in the Irkutsk climate. This brooch "Sakura" is based on these beautiful flowers.

It was ordered as a gift to the mother, who lives at a distance of 4000 kilometers from Svetlana. For about half a year I had a lot of versions of making this brooch  in my mind... A long time... I tried very hard, but I cannot strangle the perfectionist in myself. Therefore, it happens that months pass from the idea to the ideal implementation...

And now, the brooch was born! Made by hand from real silver twigs! Despite its size, it weighs just under 30 grams! (For comparison, this is slightly more than the weight of a teaspoon). But how impressive it looks! It can be worn both on the right shoulder and on the left, vertically, horizontally and upside down.

A bunch of grapes
Dormant eggs
Of the future wine...

Handmade brooch from the “Japanese Garden” collection. 

Gold, Tahitian pearls, sapphires, diamonds and stained glass enamel.

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The item is a part of the author’s collection “Japanese Garden”.
The collection was inspired by the paintings of Japanese artists, in which nature traditionally plays a leading role.
The collection was created in collaboration with jewelry designer Anna Pinchuk.

Looked up close 
and see — the flowers 
have become fruits tonight...
(Yosa Buson, “Fruits on sakura”) 

Handmade brooch from the “Japanese Garden” collection. Exists in a single copy. 

Spinel Oval 1 — 4.31 ct.
Ruby Round 2 — 0.70 ct.
Ruby Pear 2 — 0.7 ct.
Ruby Round 206 — 1.3 ct.
Pink sapphire Round 183 — 1.20 ct.
Morganite Marquise 1 — 0.55 ct.
Diamond 4 Cr57 — 0.06 ct. 2/3 A.
18K gold, blackening.
Enamel.

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The item is a part of the author’s collection “Japanese Garden”.
The collection was inspired by the paintings of Japanese artists, in which nature traditionally plays a leading role.
The collection was created in collaboration with jewelry designer Anna Pinchuk.

I wrapped my life around
Around the suspension bridge
This wild ivy.
(Matsuo Bashō)

Handmade brooch from the “Japanese Garden” collection. Exists in a single copy.

Ural demantoid Round — 2.12 ct.
Ural demantoid Round 665 — 3.90 ct.
Diamond 120 Cr57 — 0.83 ct. 2/3 A.
18K gold.

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The item is a part of the author’s collection “Japanese Garden”.
The collection was inspired by the paintings of Japanese artists, in which nature traditionally plays a leading role.
The collection was created in collaboration with jewelry designer Anna Pinchuk.

The publication in the “Nature” journal about 46% of fishing nets as part of the “Pacific Big Garbage Island” gave rise to these questions in my mind — how great is the influence of a man on the surrounding fragile world; how you and I, often not realizing, change it; about those who have to get along with the human rhythm and its growing appetites; about world that we are not familiar with, but on which we are completely dependent — and I had no choice but to embody these thoughts in contradictory forms.

Combining ancient amber and consumer silver, a translucent fragile creature and a hunting weapon, this brooch was born.