Modernist silver neckring by Jorma Laine
7.500,00 kr
Striking silver neckring by Jorma Laine, with a large rectangular pendant with an undultating, patterned graphic surface and decor of pearled line.
Weight 32 grams.
Designer: Jorma Laine
Maker: Kultateollisuus Ky
Year: 1971
Country: Finland
Dimensions: Inner diameter of neckring 13.8 cm, length of pendant 7.3 cm
Condition: Very good vintage condition consistent with age and use
About the artist: Jorma Laine was one of the most unique voices in the history of Scandinavian jewelry, and is considered one of the most interesting Nordic silversmiths of the 1960s and 1970s. He developed a very characteristic abstract, modernistic style of working with silver and bronze, and is best known his work for the firm Turun Hopea, but he also worked for the firm Kultateollisuus Ky and his own firm Silver-Laine. He lived large parts of his life as a recluse in a cabin deep in the Finnish woods. There he lived close to the wildlife and got his inspiration from nature itself but also the from local myths of spirits and gnomes. His pieces range from beautiful geometrical pieces inspired by snowflakes to whimsical but oddly beautifull small sourly portraits of spirits.
