Earrings with labradorites from the Nepal collection

• 60% gold-plated brass, 30% labradorite, 10% silver
• Length of earrings approx. 5 cm
• Width approx. 2 cm
• Labradorite diameter approx. 1 cm
• Approximate weight approx. 7 g

Crafts of the World: Nepal jewelry collection

Between heaven and earth, in Kathmandu, Anna Orska found her own way A design process based not on the search for inspiration, but on gaining knowledge, authentic encounters, and collaboration with masters of traditional crafts. Ten years later, the designer once again joined Master Ramesh, who, along with other artisans, created components for the Nepal collection to the rhythm of thousands of hammer blows. We added natural labradorite to the richly decorated, repoussé metal, which, when touched, sheds its dark colors and reveals green-gold reflections. The collection is complemented by unique necklaces with Himalayan crystals set in custom-made settings. Jewelry from the Nepal collection combines the designer's imagination with the knowledge of artisans, tradition with modernity, and the monumentality of mountains with the precision of hand-crafted detail.

Gold-plated earrings with labradorite pendants from the Nepal collection

Earrings are made of gold-plated brass and smoothly polished labradorite. Their asymmetrical composition uses the same decorative relief in two opposite arrangements. In the first earring, the element is suspended from a hook by its rounded edge, and a labradorite in a round setting is attached to its sharply cut bottom. In the second, the relief is reversed - the sharp tip is at the hook, while the stone hangs from the rounded edge.
Labradorite is a stone of changing perspective. Seemingly dark and austere, when moved, it reveals blue, green, and gold reflections (labradorization). It never shows them in the same way. The light appears only when the viewing angle changes—just as a place visited years later can reveal a completely new story to the traveler.

The Hand That Never Repeats Itself Twice-How Are Repoussé Ornaments Created?

During a trip to Nepal, the designer encountered the same tools in the metalwork workshops there that artisans from the Kathmandu Valley used hundreds of years ago: steel punches, hammers, and chisels of various shapes. The method of working on repoussé ornaments remains remarkably close to that of centuries past: master metalworkers shape the metal from the bottom to create a convex relief, then refine it from the front, giving it its final character. This is entirely handmade work. The line of the vines, the shape of the leaves, and the plume vary depending on the movement of the hand, the momentary pressure of the chisel, and the angle of the blow. These subtle differences are not imperfections, but proof of uniqueness.