Fanourakis jewelry company was founded by Thomas Fanourakis in 1860 in Heraklion, Crete and is one of the longest-lived jewellery companies in Europe. Trying to support an independent design line, it develops peculiar techniques in its production. After five generations and one hundred and fifty years of uninterrupted operation, the company now counts many collaborations both in Greece and around the world.
Lina Diamantopoulou Fanourakis, has been designing the entire collection of the Fanourakis jewellery line for the last 30 years, overseeing the production process to its finest detail. Using the prime material of high-end gold smithery, she is designing jewellery that transcends the logic of vanity and talks straight to the heart. By constantly searching for new lines and forms and by experimenting with new techniques and methods, Lina Fanourakis aims to express the joy of life and beauty, to find accomplices in her aesthetic world, to wake up our dreaming capacity.
Overall, her work is gaining recognition as an original piece of art.