Horsehair, Cashmere and Cartier

It´s all about the materials. It´s all about the sense for materials, colours, arts and crafts. And it all comes down to details. Nature is perfect.

We do our best to create something as wonderful and perfect and sometimes we get close. The result is best when we use natural materials, respect their nature and put our heart into the design and production.

Horsehair sounds like a rough material but in the capable, skilled hands it turns into a beautiful woven ribbon that you can wear next to the finest Cartier watch and the softest cashmere.

The watch is Ballon Bleu de Cartier, read more at Cartier.co.uk
Ring Carus, Bracelet Puella in rose gold by nannasalmi

Photo collage by Lidia Nagy

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FTI Winter Equestrian Festival 2015 Wellington

Are you lucky enough to be in Wellington, Florida? We hope you enjoy your staying!

In case you would like to see the nannasalmi collection live and feel the finesse of the woven horsehair ribbon and place your order, please, contact Lidia Nagy. Lidia Nagy and Alessandro Albanese represent the collection in Wellington, in your service!

nagylidia1(at)gmail.com

More pictures and info about the FTI WEF Wellington 2015

http://www.worldofshowjumping.com/

Nanna Salmi, the innovator of woven horsehair jewelry

Nanna Kristina Salmi
Born in 1949 in Lahti, Finland

Textile artist, textile artesan and designer
Decorative and every day textiles
Textile art appliqations in private and public collections

Textile designing
Interior designing
Garden designing
Designing and making horse hair fine jewelry since 1999

Hobbies - riding, gardening, arts and crafts, photographing, reading, dogs

Nanna tells:



"The idea came very slowly but surely. Sometimes, while grooming my horse, Nitte, and brushing her tail, I would hold her tail hair in my hand and wonder if it would be possible to make a strong ribbon using her hair, and that it would be interesting to try to do something that nobody had done or seen before. But I never tried, since there were so many projects I was already working on. The idea was like a wavering morning mist... it appeared and then disappeared again.

Nitte stayed at the nearby farm together with fifteen other horses. The boarders at the farm where Nitte lived and I wanted to give something special to the stable owner for her 40th birthday. It just popped out from my mouth, without even thinking, that I could try to make her a piece of jewellery using hair from three generations of her mares. Everybody thought it was a great idea and so the gift problem was solved."

And there it was, a big promise and a beautiful vision! In this blog you will see many visions come true - and much more...

horsehairjewellerynannasalmi.com

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