Tetiana Chorna and Volodymyr Yarmusevich (Ukraine)
Tetiana Chorna & Volodymyr Yarmusevich
Biography:
Tetiana Chorna and Volodymyr Yarmusevich are jewelers from Kyiv, Ukraine. Tetiana Chorna is an artist and architect. In 2010 she founded Tetiana Chorna jewelry brand. Volodymyr Yarmusevich is a jewelry restorer and founder. In 2016 he opened YARKO foundry in Kyiv. Tetiana Chorna and Volodymyr Yarmusevich started working together in 2017. They created several jewelry collections. Their joint projects combine oppositions: brutality and tenderness, traditionality and exclusivity, poetry and prose of being.
Selected jewelry collections:
2017 – “Dreams of Snails”;
2018 – “Honey and Tar”, “Memento Mori”;
2019 – “Hide-and-Seek”, “Flowers and Thorns”;
2020 – “Snake Collection”, “Labyrinths”.
2018-2022 - “MEMENTO VITAE”
Collection concept: MEMENTO VITAE
The first items of this collection emerged a few years ago, but back then we only felt what’s coming, but could not even distantly imagine its inner essence. Our mundane lives changed on February 24 with the start of full-scale war against Ukraine, and as we gradually overcame the firstborn feelings provoked by this catastrophe, we came to understand what lies beneath the image we created as an anticipation. Life leads the way, one has to learn to watch and listen.
“Memento vitae” is a story of Medusa Gorgon or maybe of prehistoric goddesses and amazons, that fell victims to the enemies’ swords, and yet kept living as symbols of resistance. This is a story of love and betrayal, of beauty and abuse, of curse and sufferings, and of redemption that follows the reconsideration of life values. Life goes in circles, and so does history. No fear and no regrets. Don’t be afraid to die, and live while you’re alive. This collection is created in collaboration with Volodymyr Yarmusevich, who is currently defending Ukraine on the battlefield.
