Kajsa Malmström is a jewellery designer and maker interested in the contrasts and conversations between jewellery and its wearer.
Through looking at and exploring tensions between the natural world and man-made structures Kajsa seeks to find expressions that challenge the eye. Organic movement filtered through geometric shapes, sharp lines and asymmetry creates a poetic language that re-negotiates how jewellery relates to the body.
Born and raised in Sweden, Kajsa now lives and works in London.
My Story
Jewellery, to me, is a means of self expression. Finding pieces of art that means something to you, then being able to wear them and take them with you wherever you go. Jewellery is also about bigging yourself up, armouring yourself, or keeping lucky amulets on you, just as with clothes, we can build a persona or find a visual self expression through what we wear and how we wear it. I like to think of the jewellery that I make as something empowering, never apologetic, always proud.
My main influences or sources of inspiration come from design movements like Bauhaus and the Memphis Group as well as a long list of artists and designers who's expressions challenge my eyes and brain. /Kajsa
CV
Selected Exhibitions
2016 Making Matters, group show for The London Design Festival, London
2016 I Wanna Be Adored, group show at Contemporary Applied Arts, London
2015 Not(e)able Objects, group show at Contemporary Applied Arts, London
Awards
2015 Commended for Horners Award 2015, The Worshipful Company of Horners
Education
2013-16 The Cass, London Metropolitan University- BA Honours in Jewellery and Silversmithing
2014- Internship with fashion jewellery brand Studio Uribe
2010 Internship with fashion brand Peter Pilotto
2009-10 London College of Fashion- Foundation degree in Art and Design