Barggan árbevirolaš silbačiŋaiguin,
unna skulptuvrraiguin ja dujiiguin,
muhtomin heivehalan muora,
čoarvvi ja silbba.
Duodji has been close to my heart since my childhood.
Randi Marainen
Randi Marainen is a trained silversmith and multi-faceted artist with long experience in the industry; she has an education in traditional duodji and a university degree in pedagogy.
As a Sami multi-artist, she enjoys working with a variety of innovative and exciting materials to create her own unique designs for silver jewellery, sculptures, and other objects. Additionally, she has been commissioned for public art projects.
Silver Tradition
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Silver Tradition ❊
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Tin and brass were the metals used among the Sami and were considered to have magical, healing power until the new material "silba" silver came through trade connections and could replace these materials.
The Sami submitted their horn/bone and wooden objects as a model for gold and silversmiths, often on the coasts when they ordered, for example, their silver spoon, in this way the silver was exchanged for the Sami.
The silver was mostly used at family holidays, at church visits/communion and markets. It is only recently that silver has begun to develop and be used more, and now it has become "sami silba" Sami silver and is constantly evolving and used daily as jewelry in various designs and formats.
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For many pieces of jewelery, I make the original, which is then cast in 925 silver, but most of all I saw and forge my jewelry myself.
Good thoughts, positive energy, light and joy are filled with my jewelry and I want customers to feel that too.
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Customers often contact me regarding their wishes, based on that I sketch and send back to the customer, in this way we can get exactly what they were looking for and the customer feels that he/she has been involved in the creation of the object.