Anna Ruth Henriques - Artist, Author, Designer

Fine jewelry designer Anna Ruth Henriques gracefully expresses her natural sense of beauty, mystery and authenticity in every piece she creates. Also an accomplished painter and poet, Anna is influenced by her Judeo-Jamaican childhood and her travels across the globe, bringing a unique aesthetic to the craft. Weaving together the delicate, organic subjects of insects, webs, leaves, and vines with

hand-painted symbolic images, she forms a marvelously variegated yet cohesive collection. Her signature is a spider, a symbol of independence, self-sufficiency, resilience and creativity, all qualities she encourages through her work. Employing the lost-wax method, Anna works in recycled 18K mango gold and oxidized sterling silver, incorporating locally-cut, conflict-free precious stones that she selects for specific meaning and intentionality. The combination of these elements results in a unique and beautiful product with an intrinsic quality that is seen in every detail. Anna handcrafts and handpaints her jewelry in New York City where she lives with her husband and daughter. She is also the author and illustrator of The Book of Mechtilde (Knopf), the original manuscript in the collection of the Jewish Museum, NY. She launched her jewelry line in 2008.