KATARINA TARAZI
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Katarina Tarazi has a passion for cultural artifacts and their social significance. Inspired by her childhood love for collecting Victorian toys and trinkets, she became fascinated with creating jewellery that holds secret messages and interact mechanically with their keeper. And so in 2021, Katarina officially launched her brand, offering tactile jewellery that taps into our superstitions and desire for play. Her jewellery is of course made in her hometown, Beirut.
Katarina believes her purpose in life is to create objects infused with stories, and this is manifested in her jewellery designs. Each piece she creates incorporates design elements from a specific historical era and is imagined to have been made during that time, embodying supernatural powers. By pushing mechanical and aesthetic boundaries, her jewellery follows the principles of technology of enchantment, allowing small objects to express big feelings and energy through motion. Her jewellery strikes a balance between sentimentality and practicality, offering tangible and intangible value while satisfying personal fetishes and providing a sense of agency and storytelling in an ever-changing world.
Katarina combines jewellery innovation with a focus on product engineering and design. Her creative process involves extensive historical research and a touch of fantasy. Starting with sketches and technical hand drawings, the designs are transformed into 3D renderings and then meticulously craſted by skilled artisans in Beirut. The production of each piece takes months or even up to a year, involving trial and error and the dedication of multiple individuals. Her totemic jewellery is made with 18K gold, featuring a signature semi-mae, semi-shiny finish.
