CARPE DIEM (lat. “seize the day”), 2021
Latvian Jewellery Art Association organised an exhibition “Dienasgrāmata”, for which VERBA designer Anna Fanigina has created a special ring collection CAPRE DIEM (lat. “seize the day“).
The artist herself explains: “Birds have become the protagonists of my “diary”, I watch them every day from the window of my apartment, and when I spot a special and unseen bird, I write it down. I have almost 30 types of birds on my list. The “observation diary” was already a passion of mine at school and the last year encouraged me to return to it.
The CARPE DIEM collection is also a tribute to the origins of the diary as a genre that originated in Japan in the 11th century and only later found its way to China and Europe. This genre was born not only from the development of human individuality, but also from the invention of common objects such as paper and clocks.
Each ring in the collection is a kind of bird-diary, a reminder of the preciousness of each day and that life passes by very quickly. It gives the wearer wings and lightness, inviting them to fill the pages and “catch the sparrow by the tail”.”
The Diary project is a recording of 19 jewellery artists’ latest original works in video and photo formats, in which the artists offer viewers their diary pages in the form of jewellery, created especially for this project, through which to search for truth, feel a sense of community and find new interpretations.
Project participants: Andris Lauders, Anita Savicka, Anna Fanigina, Darja Semjonova, Ginta Grūbe, Gints Strēlis, Guntis Lauders, Ilze Egle, Jānis Brants, Laura Selecka, Maija Vītola-Zitmane, Māris Auniņš, Māris Šustiņš, Paula Treimane, Rasma Pušpure, Una Mikuda, Valdis Brože, Vladislavs Čistjakovs and Zane Vilka. The exhibition’s creative team includes Krista Ose and operator Kaspars Braķis.
More about the project: https://
Exhibitions:
2021, August 29 – October 10, Kuldiga Artist’s residence, Kuldiga, Latvia
2021, July 3rd – August 1st, Valmiera museum exhibition hall, Valmiera, Latvia
