Lanka Jewelry

RUSSIAN FRIENDSHIP
Brooch, 2023
Steel (part of a bullet-ridden fence), brass
12 x 10 x 0.5 cm

«These pieces are made from metal fences that have been mangled by shrapnel from mines and rockets. It is a strange feeling to be both horrified and enchanted by the beauty of the holes and folds created during the shelling. I try to create harmony from chaos».

CALMNESS IN THE STORM

Brooch, 2024
Brass, silver
8 x 8 cm

«This is my reflections on the influence of information during the war on the reader's emotional state».

Asya Gulak
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HERITAGE

Collection «Heritage»
Ring, 2023
Burnt brown Italian clay, sea stone
5.5 x 4 x 1.5 cm

«I express the feeling that arises when interacting with an architectural or historical monument — the moment when this experience becomes a part of us forever».

VIRTUTE

Collection «Modernist Roads»
Ring, 2023
Burnt white Ukrainian clay
4 x 5 x 2.5 cm

«I instinctively absorb everything I see and hear and transform it. In the creative process, I adhere to imagination and trust my hands to recreate all my accumulated experiences. This creativity becomes a form of healing».

Ellina Iva
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SEA OF US

Pendant, 2024
Bullet brass
9.5 х 5 х 1.8 cm

«The central image of the "Sea of Us" collection is the human hand. A simple and understandable simbol. Countless hands, hands that need help, hands that merge into a single entity, get captured in war, melt like wax, and disappear into the sea of oblivion...».

Vitaliy Kokhan
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ECHOES OF THE PAST AND FOREBODING OF THE FUTURE

Pin, 2011
13 x 3 x 1 cm
Barbed wire from an abandoned military base in Kharkiv

«This found object, with its heavy and unwelcoming lines, haunted me. I created an unattractive piece with an uncomfortable design. It became a kind of testimony to the irreversibility of events, hints from the past about what awaits us in the future».

Olga Komisarova
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HEART

Brooch, 2024
Copper, vitreous enamel, silver, bullet
11 x 6.5 x 4 cm

«This bullet-pierced heart speaks of our vulnerability and simultaneous resilience. We take the hit, and our hearts keep beating».

Maya Kotelnytska
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SPROUT

Brooch, 2024
Brass, paint
6 x 19 x 5.5 cm

«Plants have the ability to break through concrete and asphalt to revive life, and in the same way, we develop resilience to traumatic events and nurture strength in difficult conditions».

Maya Kotelnytska
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URBAN

Brooch, 2019
Nylon, gold-plated silver
12.5 x 9.3 x 1.8 cm

«The architectural forms of this jewellery echo the futuristic beauty of Donbas’s industrial landscapes, now being actively destroyed by Russian aggression».

MEGAPOLIS

Between-finger ring, 2019
Titanium, gold-plated silver, Swarovski zirconia
7 x 4 x 2.7 cm

«The titanium structures illuminated by crystals resemble the delicate buildings of metallurgical plants, such as Azovstal, which were once the heart of the Donbas’s region. This way, the artist preserves memories of her native land».

Vitaliy Krokhmalyuk

A BIT OF ICE
Ring, 2023
4.7 x 3.6 x 2.6 cm
Silver, titanium, gold, topaz

«Ice is a certain state of water, my ring reflects the state of emotions and soul».

Olena Levder
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STOLEN CHILDHOOD
Necklace, 2023
33 x 34 cm
Porcelain, terracotta, medical bandage, river pearls, textile thread

«A piece of terracotta is a fragment of a child's artwork that accidentally broke when the children hurriedly sought shelter in a bomb shelter. The shard illustrates the tragedy of war in Ukraine. It depicts forest flowers, yet in some regions of Ukraine, it is forbidden to enter the forest due to landmines. A detail resembling a horn, a branch, thorns, from a past life. I deliberately synthesize the past and the present, as life in Ukraine has been divided into pre-war and post-war. The medical bandage signifies that in eastern Ukraine, it is used by the kilometers, every minute and every second. This is the price of our lives. The pearls represent our children».

Vadym Lohvynenko
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TEMPLE
Illusions сollection
Brooch, 2023
Silver, shards of turquoise
10 x 3.5 cm

«By reinterpreting my own painful experiences of shattered illusions and broken supports, I build my own temple of new, stronger, and deeper truths».

SUPPORTS
Illusions collection
Ring, 2023
Silver, shards of rubies
1.4 x 2.5 cm

«This collection symbolizes our journey of transformation, the development of inner strength both as individuals and as a nation».

Denis Music
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ZARIBA
Resistance collection
Brooch, 2023
Titanium, steel, silver
9 x 9 x 2 cm

«Dangerously beautiful — that is the emotion I imbued into this piece. Ukraine is a beautiful country, and Ukrainians are a peaceful nation, but if we are attacked, we will stand strong like a sharp wall of titanium».

STRUGGLE
Resistance collection
Ring, 2023
Titanium, silver
5 x 2.5 x 0.5 cm

«Extremely sharp, created from titanium to emphasize the strength and power with which Ukrainians fight for their freedom and lives against the second-largest army in the world».

Olena Osadcha
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POLON (CAPTIVITY)
Necklace, 2024
Brass, spinel
20 x 20 x 1 cm

«Captivity is not safety. A testament to this is the mass murder of defenders of Azovstal in Olenivka on July 29, 2022, where 53 prisoners of war were killed and over 130 were injured. Barbed wire symbolizes enslavement, while swallows symbolize resilience and freedom».

Ielizaveta Portnova
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HOW ARE YOU?
Pendant, 2024
Porcelain, copper
23 x 8 x 3 cm

«My piece speaks of pain (the kind that cannot be contained within oneself... it is a constant feeling of hurt). It represents what every person should feel when thinking about Ukraine».

Ielizaveta Portnova
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TEDDY BEAR
Stolen Childhood series
Textile, steel
7 x 7 x 3 cm

«Our children live amidst war. They hide in bomb shelters from rockets and shelling, hearing explosions and gunfire, filled with fear and tears. They see their dads and moms in military uniforms, sometimes not seeing them for months, and some will never see them again. Our children play war with others. Their toys have ceased to be colorful and cheerful. Their childhood has been stolen. These small brooches are imitations of children’s toys. They are stitched from military clothing worn by Ukrainian soldiers in the very hell of war. The green pixel has replaced all the colors of childhood».

Ganna Slizkova
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CHAOS OF WAR
Brooch, 2024
Silver, copper, bronze, steel wire
6 x 5 x 2 cm

«A humble plant opposes a terrible force that seeks to consume it. Ukrainians are not garden flowers, we are the wild weeds that have been fighting to survive for centuries.

This weed (copper) was taken off the roadside of my native village Kuliabivka, Kyiv region. The storm (silver) is manifested from traditional Ukrainian XX century handmade textile torn to threads. The damage to the fabric of existence itself has been done, forming the Chaos of War.

I hope each one of us makes it out».

Olga Vynogradova
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ECHO OF TRIALS

Ring, 2023
Silver, oxidation
4 x 4 x 1 cm

«There was a time when this ring was polished, shining, and pure silver. But over time (like me, like all of us), it has gathered layers of new experiences. Experiences that none of us would wish for, but which are unavoidable if you live in your homeland during the largest war on the European continent since World War II. Difficult decisions, fears, the pain of loss, fatigue, painful realizations — they have piled onto our souls, dimmed our sparkle, and painted our days in colors we did not choose. They say time heals, and perhaps the accumulation of these experiences will gradually wear off us — just as any coating fades from precious metal».

Oksana Zhevska
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CANCELLED DREAM 01

Ring, 2023
Silver, bronze, sugar candies, broken heart, sugar quartz
4 x 2 x 0.5 cm

«Every Ukrainian mother has heard the most terrible words that a woman can hear since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine:
[mom i don't want to die]
Statistics show that over 570 Ukrainian children have lost their lives due to Russian aggression, and over 1,500 have been injured.
Candy is a short-lived material. They can be easily dissolved, for example, with water. And then all that will remain of my jewellery will be bent wire and skulls. Just as the essence of the dreams of those whose childhood was affected by war has changed.
[There is no cure for this pain. If you want, take candy]».

CANCELLED DREAM 02

Necklace, 2023
Silver, bronze, sugar candies, broken heart
15 x 15 x 0.5 cm

«For the children of war, home is no longer a safe place. Or it no longer exists physically.

[Mom, I want to go home]

Since the full-scale Russian invasion, 2.1 million children have become refugees, and 997,000 have been internally displaced. Only 20,000 names of those forcibly deported to the aggressor’s country from the 200,000 children living in temporarily occupied territories are known—a terrifying statistic that hasn’t changed in over a year».

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