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Exqusite ring by Theresia Hvorslev for Alton. Created in her own language, with shapes and forms in active communication with the materials. Simplistic beauty. Hvorslev, born in Stockholm in 1935, is one of Sweden’s most influential jewelry designers. She began experimenting with jewelry at age thirteen and later graduated from Konstfackskolan in Stockholm. After apprenticing with notable designers, including at Georg Jensen in Copenhagen, she established her own workshop in Lidköping in 1964. She’s the only Swedish designer to win the prestigious Diamond International Awards three times. Her work, characterized by minimalist and contemporary designs inspired by geometric shapes and natural forms, includes silver hollow ware, tableware, and cutlery. She also designed for companies like Alton and Mema in the early 1960s.

Read more about Theresia Hvorslev in this article first published in 2005 in “Modern Silver Magazine” edited by Marbeth Schon:

Article – Theresia Hvorslev The Love of Nature Expressed in Extroverted Joie de Vivre