In the 1960s there was a strong trend towards brave
modernistic jewelry design in Finland. It had started with the avantgardes
of the early 1950s. Contrasting the other, parallel folkloristic trend,
this radical modernism contributed to the movement of Scandinavian jewelry
design. Designers like Saara Hopea, Börje Rajalin, Tapio Wirkkala,
Pentti Sarpaneva and Björn Weckström drew the worlds attention
to the new Finnish jewelry.
Liisa Vitali was one of the young designers following up this trend.
She worked for one of the leading Finnish jewelry producers, Westerback
Oy, closely related with the company Kultakeskus where the jewelry production
was incorporated in 1975. Liisa Vitali, Tapio Wirkkala and Nanny Still
were the main designers of the company in the 1960s. Other well known
designers that have worked with Kultakeskus are Timo Sarpaneva, Eero Rislakki,
Karl Laine and Bertel Garberg.
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'Ladybird', silver ring,
'Balls and Plates' series 1969.
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