Silver Jewelry Journey

In 2019, Rocio Jonsson, a wonderful lady, became my first silver smithing teacher.

Rocio immigrated to Sweden in the  90's and during our sessions together

she told me about the happy 60's in Mexico and her fling with Al Pacino.

Rocio taught me to become independent quickly and to create

from my imagination using silver clay and sculpting each ring.

I later went to India. This time to Jaipur, the pink city and the city

of gemstones and jewelry.

Here I attended a silversmithing course run by Ravidutt Soni, or Ravi.

I was taught how to work with silver plates, wires and how to set stones.

But I missed the scuplting part of it.

I then went on teaching myself how to work in lost wax (2023).

This way I was still able to sculpt but also allowed to play more since

any "mistake" was easily recreated without wasting any silver.

My fascination for silver has been

a slow journey into understanding my obsession with the metal.

Humans have worked with silver for thousands of years.

Even here in Sweden during the Iron Age (750–1100 AD)

when the Viking Age prevailed,

silver was traded and used both privately and for spiritual purposes.

Those who created, regardless of the material they worked in,

were considered to do the work of the divine.

Artisans and artists, there was no difference.

The silver means a lot to me because it is something that is

not destroyed over time but hopefully

used in some context forever. It is a valuable metal that can be reused indefinitely.

I get my inspiration from nature such as morphology in rock formations and ice where the question between what

is static and what changes is ever. But also from the five element in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Read more about the elements here.