She takes great joy in working across different mediums and aesthetics with an approach that is united by the same principles: The beauty found in the tension between the natural and the manmade, the tension between the familiar and the new, and a ritualistic approach to craftsmanship and detail.

A sculptor at heart, Karlin often sculpts hundreds of iterations of each piece, and considers her work usable sculpture. She believes strongly that all forms of design should tell a story and that all the disciplines contribute wonderfully to each other and therefore no one area should remain untouched. Her studio practice, Anna Karlin Furniture + Fine Objects, and Anna Karlin Fine Jewelry, are the result of this sensibility.

Anna currently lives and works in New York, USA.