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Waves Necklace by Anna-Reetta Vaananen is a winner of the 2021 Silver A' Design Award in Jewelry Design.

Waves is a Silver A' Design Award winner, an extraordinarily prestigious recognition granted to top-of-the-line, gorgeous, and impressive designs.

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Waves Necklace by Anna-Reetta Vaananen Silver Jewelry Design Award Winner 2021

Waves Necklace

Waves necklaces form imitates the movement of water and curly hair. The necklaces matt surface is suede like and made with needle matt technique. Original piece prototype for casting and mold making has been hand made by bending warm wax sheets with form giving irons. In the center of one necklace piece there is a bigger wave and aroud it smaller ones to create natural movement and balanced design. The necklace has a luxurious feeling in it yet it is flowing and light to wear. The necklace is made from recycled sterling silver in Sonkajarvi, Finland and it is not plated.

Waves Necklace by Anna-Reetta Vaananen Silver Jewelry Design Award Winner 2021
Silver Jewelry Design Award Winner 2021 Waves Necklace
Waves designed by Anna-Reetta Vaananen
Waves - Silver Jewelry Design Award Winner
Anna-Reetta Vaananen's Waves Necklace
Silver Jewelry Design Award Winner 2021 Waves Necklace
Waves designed by Anna-Reetta Vaananen
Waves - Silver Jewelry Design Award Winner
Anna-Reetta Vaananen's Waves Necklace

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Waves is a Silver A' Design Award winner, an extraordinarily prestigious recognition granted to top-of-the-line, gorgeous, and impressive designs. Silver winners are tremendously brilliant and exceedingly creative works that illustrate the outstanding expertise, talent, and acuity of their designers. Waves is expected to be a wonderful, showpiece work that is remarkably professional and profoundly innovative. This Silver A' Design Award-winning design is a highly notable, admired invention that benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Waves is a vastly envied creation that evokes desires, introduces positive feelings, and sparkles amazement and wonderment.


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Anna-Reetta Vaananen

Anna-Reetta Vaananen

Anna-Reetta Väänänen makes her nature and story inspired jewelry design at the countryside. Her jewelry brand Anna's Darling is not the most common one because of her methods, style and location. This 39 years old designer has started her career by accident. She was supposed to be a cartoonist or anything else except a farmer. But then she felled in love with jewelry and later with a farmer. As a brand Anna's Darling reflects the owners own mission to create better and more meaningfull jewelry. To consume wisely and only things that last time and can be prepared. Classic lines, precious metals and new design guarantees the jewelrys long life. By combining old goldsmiths techniques and 3d printing the jewelry get their form. By using the Upper-Savo countryside locations benefits it all gets a unique looks and feeling. Clean waters, forests and field are allowed to show in the jewelry. Also their dairy farm beauties, cows, give their own twist for the brand and keep the designers feet tightly in the soil and traditions.

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Anna's Darling

Anna's Darling

Anna's Darling is a Finnish based jewelry brand. Brand's mission is to transfer emotions through jewelry. Anna's Darling make lives a bit more meaningful and make more than jewelry. Jewelry with soul. The home of the brand is at Sonkajärvi, Finland. Anna's Darling use recycled non-plated silver in their jewelry. Anna's Darling has the honor to hold Key Flag and Design from Finland labels from the Association of Finnish Labor.


Waves Necklace by Anna-Reetta Vaananen Silver Jewelry Design Award Winner 2021

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