Kerstin Öhlin Lejonklou - Silversmith
Book
/
Artists
Published: 14.06.2013
Sanna Svedestedt
Cilla Robach
- Editor:
- Frida Brismar Pålsson
- Edited by:
- Arvinius Förlag
- Edited at:
- Stockholm
- Technical data:
- 115 pages, hard cover,colour images, text in Sweedish with English summary, 26 x 24.5 cm
- ISBN / ISSN:
- 978-91-85689-70-5
- Order:
- Adlibris
Ring: Untitled, 1963
18k white gold, diamonds
Kerstin, Öhlin Lejonklou
Ring: 1963
18k white gold, diamonds
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

During fifty years as an artist and silversmith Kerstin Öhlin Lejonklou has created jewellery that has a sharpness and refined simplicity.
“When I look back I realize that metal has always felt right for me. I was captured by the hard material that reluctantly allows you to shape it. I was in control.”
In 1956 Kerstin began her silversmith studies at The University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Sweden, Konstfack. After half a century in the jewellery field this book offers an extensive overview of the artistic work by Öhlin Lejonklou. From the influences of her father, who loved to build miniature locomotives, to moving from Stockholm and setting up a small workshop in the northern part of Sweden to find her own path, the reader is invited on a personal journey through the meticulous story of a renowned jewellery artist.
Looking back over fifty years of work has been an emotional search – in some way the same process as creating jewellery. Kerstin describes herself as a perfectionist with high standards. The search for flaws has been her way of finding the right path.
"My quest has always been to find the genially simple. Form and proportions becomes a rebus, a constant search for me. Sometimes you need to balance the boundary between beautiful and ugly, because that’s where it gets really exciting."
In 1956 Kerstin began her silversmith studies at The University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Sweden, Konstfack. After half a century in the jewellery field this book offers an extensive overview of the artistic work by Öhlin Lejonklou. From the influences of her father, who loved to build miniature locomotives, to moving from Stockholm and setting up a small workshop in the northern part of Sweden to find her own path, the reader is invited on a personal journey through the meticulous story of a renowned jewellery artist.
Looking back over fifty years of work has been an emotional search – in some way the same process as creating jewellery. Kerstin describes herself as a perfectionist with high standards. The search for flaws has been her way of finding the right path.
"My quest has always been to find the genially simple. Form and proportions becomes a rebus, a constant search for me. Sometimes you need to balance the boundary between beautiful and ugly, because that’s where it gets really exciting."

Ring: Untitled, 1974
18k gold, ruby
Kerstin, Öhlin Lejonklou
Ring: 1974
18k gold, ruby
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Brooch: Untitled, 1998
Blackened silver, brass, diamond
7.5x4.3 cm
Kerstin, Öhlin Lejonklou
Brooch: 1998
Blackened silver, brass, diamond
7.5x4.3 cm
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Brooch: Untitled, 2000
Guld, oxiderat silver, gula briljanter
9.3x7.1 cm
Kerstin, Öhlin Lejonklou
Brooch: 2000
Guld, oxiderat silver, gula briljanter
9.3x7.1 cm
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Brooch: Untitled, 1998
Blackened silver, 18k gold, manometer
11.5x10 cm
Kerstin, Öhlin Lejonklou
Brooch: 1998
Blackened silver, 18k gold, manometer
11.5x10 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Sanna Svedestedt
Cilla Robach
- Editor:
- Frida Brismar Pålsson
- Edited by:
- Arvinius Förlag
- Edited at:
- Stockholm
- Technical data:
- 115 pages, hard cover,colour images, text in Sweedish with English summary, 26 x 24.5 cm
- ISBN / ISSN:
- 978-91-85689-70-5
- Order:
- Adlibris
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