SABINA KOLONIĆ, Croatia
Deconstruction of Style. Perception of Nature.
Sabina Kolonić breaks down the entire form of a brooch into a composition of three brooches titled Deconstruction of Style. Perception of Nature. Brooch/Vase/Installation. In the original form, deconstruction of nature first occurs through the transformation of a picked twig, which is sharply cut off from its environment (garden, forest, park) and reduced to a simplified form, which develops into a brooch/vase and finally into a wall installation. In the second and third brooch, the volume of the brooch/vase is deconstructed (and thus the artistic style) into simpler forms, leading to a set of smaller brooches that can be arranged into the original or completely new visual compositions.
Material: canvas, brass, wood
Technique: hand-shaping of metal sheet, filing, hammering, soldering, scraping, grinding, polishing, arranging
She was born in 1978 in Zagreb. She has been designing and creating jewelry since 2001, and studied in Zagreb and Florence. She is a member of the Croatian Collectors’ Association, ULUPUH and HZSU. In 2015, she was nominated and included in the finalist list of the Arts & Crafts Design Award, where she received the Certificate of Excellence. In 2025, she won ULUPUH award for the best exhibition of 2024. So far, she has had three solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions at home and abroad. She lives and works in Zagreb, in her atelier ANIBAS.
web: anibas.net
blog: anibasdesign.blogspot.com
IG/FB: @AnibasAtelier