Larissa D’sa is a visual artist with extended expertise in photography across genres including art, fashion, lifestyle and travel. She has consistently been recognised among the most prominent digital creators in India. Larissa’s unique aesthetic sensibility, evident in her jewellery design, is derived from her experience creating artistic and photographic compositions that display an intuitive balance of texture, colour, setting and scale. This combines with Larissa’s deep study of fine metals and stones to inspire versatile stylisations that bridge fine craftsmanship and classical techniques with contemporary forms.
“Beyond Larissa is interwoven with my own experience as a designer. The endeavour to go beyond the moon, to push the boundaries of possibility is a reality of my own life. In many ways, my career as a digital creator and visual artist has been extremely unconventional. As I began to evolve as an artist, I sought out elements of design that would reflect key moments of that journey - curious, extraordinary, experimental, rewarding and inspirational. Those moments grew into the concepts that would eventually become Beyond Larissa - a very singular roster of pieces that capture the magical even in the mundane; emphasising that every part of ourselves and our stories deserve to be celebrated.”
“Jewellery has a reverential quality, regardless of the cost or composition of the piece, we often wear even the simplest of these acquisitions as talismans or reminders. We see some part of ourselves, may be what we want to be or where we have been in these adornments. Beyond Larissa mirrors that delicate sentiment in each of us by creating jewellery that speaks to a variety of tastes and stories through exceptionally crafted and thoughtfully designed works.”
The versatile composition of Larissa’s designs range from delicately carved statement pieces reflective of the Victorian-era to symmetrically gilded Art Deco cuts and hand-set bohemian baubles.
“Jewellery is among the most personal of purchases we will ever make - whether for ourselves or another, there is so much forethought and emotion in a piece of jewellery. Beyond Larissa, ‘beyond the moon’, is a way to acknowledge our unique individuality while also freeing ourselves to explore, experiment, express and experience the fullness of what we find beautiful. As John Keats said very well, ‘a thing of beauty is a joy forever.’.”