Fanni KIRÁLY

1971, Budapest

metalwork designer, jewellery designer
www.kiralyfanni.com 
She received her MA in metalwork and metal industrial design from the Hungarian Academy of Applied Arts in 1997. She primarily makes jewellery but also designs coins for the Hungarian National Bank. The parchment embossing she uses in her jewellery is one of its kind. Most important recognitions: Rubik Scholarship, UIAH Helsinki (1994), Moholy-Nagy Scholarship (1996–97), Lajos Kozma Scholarship (1998–99), special award at the 7th Goldsmiths Biennale (2009). Her works were selected for the JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair in 2014 and can also be found in the Esterházy Palace in Fertőd as well as in the collections of the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts and the Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest. 

Photo: MMA



Lotus leaf kinetic necklace

Photo: Fanni Király

2021
silver, parchment; lost wax casting, mounted
180×180×40 mm

Lotus leaf kinetic necklace