Here’s a selection of jewellery items designed by Roland Landerholm (1928-1993). He hailed from Sweden and began his career as a ceramic artist before branching out into tin and pewter jewellery.
I especially love his simple human an fishy figures, he returns to them time and again.
I couldn’t find out a great deal about Roland Landerholm online other than he was the creative force in the business he was in with two of his brothers.
You can get hold of one of his vintage pewter pendants for as little as £30.00; try looking on Etsy or eBay in the first instance.
A while ago we featured Finnish designer, Viola Gråsten; this week, we’re taking a look at Swedish, fellow textile designer from the same mid-century modern era, Ingegerd Silow.
Silow (1916-2005), who was born in Copenhagen, Denmark was a prolific creator of rugs, carpets, blankets, curtains and wall hangings. She used the technique known as Rölakan, which created a flatweave, double-sided item, similar to tapestry and Middle Eastern kelims. Items created using this method are hard-wearing and stain repellent.
Ingegerd Silow attended Högre Konstindustriella Skolan (now known as Konstfack) in Stockholm followed by Kunsthandtweerksskolen in Copenhagen. She was employed as a pattern designer at Svensk Hemslöjd in Stockholm, Hemslöjdsförbundet för Sverige and Heyman & Olesen, again in Stockholm. For a number of years, she also created designs for Eric Ewers and Axeco. Much of her output was produced when she was a freelance designer.
Her designs were colourful and she employed a number of different styles; figurative, folk art, abstract and geometric. The last may have been influenced by her travels to Mexico and the USA.
As she was so productive, her designs are easy to find for sale. However, her wall hangings are £150.00 and upwards and rugs have a starting price of about £1,000.00. Check eBay and Etsy.
Earlier today, we went to the International Antique Home & Vintage Fair of Wales in Builth Wells. We bought a handful of things, including an unusual vintage cork ice bucket (top-right image). When we brought it home and did a bit of research, we learned that it had been designed in the 1960s by Signe Persson-Melin.
Signe Persson-Melin (b. 1925) designed products such as cutlery, glassware and a range of ceramic homewares for various brands including Kosta Boda, Boda Nova, Höganäs, Rörstrand, Byarums Bruk and Svenskt Tenn.
Her design breakthrough came via the famous H55-exhibition (Hälsingborgsutställningen 1955) with her collection of glazed spice jars with cork lids (see an example in our montage above).
She has carried out a number of notable public works. She was jointly commissioned with Anders Österlin to create a ceramic panel for a 145-metre long wall at the T-Centralen metro train station in Stockholm. Similarly, she worked alongside Anders Liljefors on two projects in the city; a 450-metre panel for the Folkets Hus and the entranceway to the Skogsindustrihuset.
Her work is in the permanent collections of the National Museum in Stockholm and The British Museum.
Find original examples of her designs for sale on eBay and Etsy.
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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