Visiting exotic Cairo in the early 1960s, Ole Lynggaard first discovered the overwhelming expression of snake designs. Hypnotized with the graphic beauty of the vibrant vertebrate, the young goldsmith designed his first fine jewellery serpent for his wife and muse, Karin. The idea of a full collection of snake jewellery was to remain in the designer’s mind for half a century, before the Snakes Collection was finally unveiled in 2013.