"Hu" in Chinese means "butterfly", Anna feels a special connection with insects. Many butterflies are like giant brooches, strikingly perched on shoulders, adorned with the most exquisite gems that Anna found in her travels. Some are named after goddesses, as if completing the process of transforming women into butterflies. In Hu's designs, ribbons always symbolize music, and inspiration for each butterfly comes not only from strong female figures but also from a specific piece of music.

Butterflies are significant symbols of life and rebirth, appearing in jewelry for centuries and having a history of thousands of years in art. Through deaply study of art history and integrating Anna's knowledge of stones and music into her designs, creating delicate butterfly jewelry that not only embodies the symbolic meaning of insects but also expresses the power and love of women.

Monet Butterfly Brooch/Pendant A butterfly version of Hu’s Monet-inspired Water Lilies Necklace, this jewel can be worn as a ring, brooch, or pendant. Hu painstakingly matched gemstones to the colors of Monet’s masterpieces. Each of the major stones has a unique shape and cutting style, like individual brushstrokes.
	Artemis Butterfly Brooch/Pendant Hu’s inspiration for this butterfly brooch/pendant was Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, the tranquillity of which moved her to create a piece with calming moonstones. She named it for the beautiful, independent, and steadfast Artemis, the Greek goddess of the hunt and the moon. Ribbons set with blue sapphires thread through the piece like moonbeams.
Demeter Butterfly Brooch/Pendant Four wing-shaped Australian black opals inspired the creation of this beautiful butterfly, which reflects the colors of Earth as seen from outer space. She managed to match the soft tone with the hardest mounting material, titanium. Hu named the piece for Demeter, the Greek goddess of the harvest.
	Nuwa Butterfly Brooch/Pendant Nüwa, the mother goddess of Chinese mythology, is known for repairing the sky when the heavens crumbled and rained down destruction. Hu conceived the goddess as a butterfly with a conch pearl body and undulating, fabric-like wings representing her flowing skirts and sleeves.
Elizabeth I Butterfly Brooch/Pendant In this piece, Hu reimagined the tips of a swallowtail butterfly’s wings as the trailing strands of the traditional whirling ribbon dance from DunHuang in northwest China. The five deep red pigeon’s blood rubies forming the butterfly’s body suggest the Fire element of the Wu Xing (Five Elements), which is associated with dynamism, strength, and persistence. The Elizabeth I Butterfly is named for the British queen who fostered peace and prosperity through strength, during her long reign.
	Tai Chi Butterfly Brooch/Pendant This jewel features an unusual silver-gray baroque pearl as the body of the butterfly. The only black-and-white piece in the collection, it is a reinterpretation of the Tai Chi symbol yin-yang, or the balance of dualities. Similar in design to the Nüwa Butterfly, the wings are like undulating fabric closely set with stones.
Athena Butterfly Brooch/Pendant Named for Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and the arts, this butterfly was inspired by the ideal of the forest in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mendelssohn’s overture and incidental music for the play, and Botticelli’s Primavera. The various greens of the emeralds and other stones evoke the shadings of a verdant forest.
	Victoria Butterfly Brooch/Pendant Based on the golden age of Queen Victoria as depicted in her coronation portrait by George Hayter, this jewel employs the regal gold and red tones of the portrait, which connote the strength and culture of the monarch. The fire opals, from a volcano in Mexico, exhibiting the golden orange and yellow play of color exclusive to high-quality fire opals, form the body of the butterfly and suggest passionate love.
Turkmenistan Butterfly Brooch/Pendant Inspired by her Chinese name, 茵菲 (Yin-Fei), meaning “luxuriant green” and “refreshing fragrance,” Hu created a jewel with unusual Turkmenistan turquoise, a beautiful green stone shot through with magnificent golden veining. The piece shows movement in three ways: the patterning on the stone, the undulating carving of the stone, and the swirling decorative ribbons and twisted wires of the antennae. With a mysterious power emanating from the stone, this extraordinary butterfly is mesmerizing and induces serenity and tranquillity.
	Rainbow Chrysocolla Butterfly Brooch/Pendant A technical achievement made with unexpected materials, this jewel can be worn as a whole butterfly or as two separate wings. Mounted in lightweight titanium, the unusual rainbow chrysocollas feature a rich palette of green, brown, and blue in a natural patterning that resembles Earth as seen from outer space.