Skull Necklace

Ineō in Latin means “within.” The life of the Inuit people, the northernmost of the northern tribes, became the main inspiration for this collection. Bone and stone. These were the essential materials the Inuit needed to sustain themselves in their nomadic way of life, surviving the long and harsh freezing cold. The title of the collection calls us to break the ice, beneath which life awaits. The central artistic motifs of the collection are the human skull and the pine cone. The skull symbolizes the death of the ego, the closing of one phase of life, which opens the possibility for a new beginning. The pine cone, on the other hand, refers to our intuition, to our connection with a higher existence. This collection invites us to return to ourselves, to reconnect with our inner source, and to make decisions from that place of inner strength. 

“Each of us builds armour in life. A protective crust, strong and meant to shield us. In reality, however, it traps the inner spring, which continues to flow from the soul and is the source of life. It is important to break through and shatter this layer of defence, even though it is not pleasant. It is painful. For with the breaking comes the scattering. Yet, at the end of such a process, there awaits purification and healing. The spring must live, emerge to the surface, and wash away the old layers,” explains Janja Prokić her thought. Beyond the inspiration drawn from Inuit culture, she was also deeply moved by the book “Living from One’s Own Spring” by Czech philosopher Anna Hogenová, which became another impulse on her journey towards uncovering this inner, life-giving source.

You watch your whole life beneath the crust.
A frozen layer, years upon years.
Take the smallest of bones,
break it,
and help it rise again.