Anastasia Kandaraki

Artist Statement

The “Flowers” collection is inspired by jewelry materials and processes. Using old workshop elements—bezels, rings, clasps, and small metallic parts—I transformed them into flowers and plant forms, creating organic figures from an industrial environment. Multiplication, a core feature of industry, is linked symbolically to the female principle and life-giving power. In these pieces, mechanical reproduction shifts to organic growth. The flowers symbolize beauty, care, resilience, and rebirth. Like Romantic Era artists reacting to industrialization, this collection responds to a rapidly evolving world: flowers from industrial parts become a gesture of resistance. Metallic flowers are durable, showing that tenderness is strength and beauty can emerge even from the coldest systems.

Title: 
Foliage

Kind: 
Brooch

Materials: Silver, Steel, Used Fabrics, Cotton Threads, Natural Dyes, Watercolours, Flour-Glue