Kerstin Öhlin Lejonklou (b. 1937) has been creating beautiful jewellery in her own practice since 1963, the year she moved from the Drottningholm area of Stockholm to Östersund.
She attended Konstfack from 1956-61. When she was a child, her father had a model railway set up. She says:
If I was quiet, I had to sit on the workshop floor and play with screws, nuts and metal taps – it became my lego. When I look back, I realize that the metal has always felt right to me
She works primarily in silver and gold with precious & semi-precious stones such as diamonds, topaz, feldspar and amethyst. She has won many scholarships, prizes and awards during her lengthy career including, in 2004, the Prince Eugene Medal for outstanding artistic activity.
In 2013, an exhibition was in Ahlbergshallen to celebrate and commemorate Lejonklou’s 50 years in the industry. Alongside, was published a book by Sanna Svedestedt, Kerstin Öhlin Lejonklou Silversmed. It’s available from Abe Books, Adlibris, Amazon.
Her works are in the collections of many prestigious museums and galleries including Goldsmith Hall, London, National Museum, Stockholm, Museum of Industrial Art, Copenhagen and Kunstindustrimuseet, Oslo.
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Artnet | National Museum | Nutida Svenskt Silver
