As the daughter of a world renowned architect and a Whitney awarded painter, designer Ana-Katarina Vinkler-Petrovic's life was influenced by art and beauty from an early age. Her childhood memories are a mosaic of painting next to her mother’s easel, designing paper doll dresses, and selling her drawings and semi precious stone necklaces. Throughout that mosaic are also memories of her lifelong quest to understand man’s inhumanity to man.
This blending of arts and politics brought Ana-Katarina to the Balkan war, where she worked as a photographer and correspondent. After experiencing the horrors of the war firsthand, she returned to the United States for the birth of her first daughter. Never forgetting the faces and people whose strength taught her a deeper understanding of humanity, she went on to organize convoys of humanitarian and medical supplies for hospitals in Bosnia and Kosovo. Today, Ana-Katarina remains committed to empowering women whose lives have been shattered by war; A percentage of profits generated by AnaKatarina Eco-Gioielli are donated to the organization “Women for Women".
After the war, Ana-Katarina joined her parents’ gallery in Cambridge, Mass., and earned a GIA certificate. A self-taught jewelry designer, she returned to her design roots to create custom designed, luxury jewelry. Ana-Katarina has a unique intuitive process in which she works with clients to create perfect pieces expressing love, marriage and individuality. Her client list spans the globe, from the U.S. to Europe to the Middle East.
In 2007, Ana-Katarina merged her passion for luxury jewelry and her environmental and social ethics to form her own design company AnaKatarina Eco Gioielli. Blending her inspiration and vibrant talent with conflict-free diamonds from sustainable mines in Canada, fair trade precious and semi- precious gems and recycled gold, Ana-Katarina creates collections and custom designs that are deliciously opulent yet harmonious in form, yet environmentally conscious and socially responsible.
This blending of arts and politics brought Ana-Katarina to the Balkan war, where she worked as a photographer and correspondent. After experiencing the horrors of the war firsthand, she returned to the United States for the birth of her first daughter. Never forgetting the faces and people whose strength taught her a deeper understanding of humanity, she went on to organize convoys of humanitarian and medical supplies for hospitals in Bosnia and Kosovo. Today, Ana-Katarina remains committed to empowering women whose lives have been shattered by war; A percentage of profits generated by AnaKatarina Eco-Gioielli are donated to the organization “Women for Women".
After the war, Ana-Katarina joined her parents’ gallery in Cambridge, Mass., and earned a GIA certificate. A self-taught jewelry designer, she returned to her design roots to create custom designed, luxury jewelry. Ana-Katarina has a unique intuitive process in which she works with clients to create perfect pieces expressing love, marriage and individuality. Her client list spans the globe, from the U.S. to Europe to the Middle East.
In 2007, Ana-Katarina merged her passion for luxury jewelry and her environmental and social ethics to form her own design company AnaKatarina Eco Gioielli. Blending her inspiration and vibrant talent with conflict-free diamonds from sustainable mines in Canada, fair trade precious and semi- precious gems and recycled gold, Ana-Katarina creates collections and custom designs that are deliciously opulent yet harmonious in form, yet environmentally conscious and socially responsible.
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