30 Jun 2015

This Is The Story Of Me And My Horse



2 1/2 years ago, my friend sent me a homepage name, to show me where her horse is from. I looked over the page and went to the side FOR SALE... This single click changed my live.

The first picture on the site showed a beautiful bay QH-Mare with an amazing expression. It was like falling in love at the first sight. But the moment was absolutely wrong.

Months passed away and 1/2 a year later, she was still for sale. My situation had changed a lot, and so I decided to drive 800 km to the Toscany to have a look at her in real. Arrived, it was the same feeling as half a year before...and shortly after, one day after my birthday, Maggie came home to me.

The last two years we have had good but also much bad moments together. At the beginning, she was very difficult to ride, jumpy, afraid of everything and we had a lot of bad luck in health. She always was injured or had some problems. But all this welt us together - in her I found ( in German "Herzenspferd" ) my "Heart-horse", I will never give her away. Even she is injured again at the moment, needs medicine again, we're looking forward to the future ..together we will make it!

From Janine Schwager, Switzerland





22 Jun 2015

'Cuore Mio' - the new ring



Darling, Dear, Sweetheart
Honey, Precious, Sweetie pie


nannasalmi collection


This ring has been designed to express our love for our dearest horses.
It was a customer who said: "My horse is my heart".


nannasalmi collection

We thought it would be a perfect name for this ring, we chose one of the most
beautiful languages in the world, Italian:

"Cuore Mio", my heart...



Ribbon woven with your horse´s tailhair 3 mm

Cuore Mio

Enquiries and orders also by email
minna.maattanen@nannasalmi.com





19 Jun 2015

Midsummer - The Best Time Of The Year!

For many Finnish people Midsummer is the most important and most beloved national holiday. It is a celebration of the summer solstice, it means the beginning of the real, warm summer time, and many Finns start their summer holidays that day.

Today the Finnish cities turn into ghost towns - people leave cities and go the countryside.
We go to the summer cottages, music festivals, open air dance pavillions... Anywhere where we can be near the nature. If the place is next to a lake or sea that is perfect!




Midsummer Eve is time for sociability. We want to have our families and friends with us on that important, magical night!

We eat well and drink well. The first new potatoes with dill and marinated herring or smoked salmon bring the taste of summer in your mouth! Grilling sausages, meat or fish is very popular too. And like all over the world it's men's job.





There are three elements that make the Midsummer Eve perfect: sauna, bonfires and the midnight sun. Though it gets a little dark in southern Finland, the night is still white. In Lapland the sun shines all night through.







If you wish to learn more about Finnish sauna habits, please, go the page 

In the old days, Midsummer spells were cast, many of which had to do with hopes of increasing fertility and finding a future spouse. Perhaps you should try this one:

pick seven different flowers or herbs from the field put them under your pillow - and in your dream you will see your future fiancée...




We wish you all a happy Midsummer Eve! 


16 Jun 2015

Le Corbusier LC4 Chaise Lounge

Do you know when this chair was designed?



It was designed in 1929, who would believe... 

The LC4, "Chaise longue" (LC4, "Long chair", English: "chaise lounge") debuted at the Salon d'Automne in Paris in 1929. 

Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris) was born in Switzerland 1887, died in 1965, became a French citizen in 1930. Le Corbusier was multitalented and worked for five decades all over the world. He was an architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of modern architecture.




Le Corbusier Redrawn | Villa Savoye


Le Corbusier, together with Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand, designed three pieces of tubular-steel furniture that were first shown in the gallery of the Villa La Roche, Paris, and in the library and study of the Villa Church, Ville d’Avary, Paris.


The LC1 Basculant Chair and LC2, LC3 Grand Confort Chairs were designed at the same time. They are also classics we all know. 



Le Corbuiser was a forward-thinking designer who refreshed furniture design. He used industrial materials, exposed structural elements and created new kinds of constructions. In LC4 the construction is two-parted that incorporates a self-balancing adjustability. The LC4 Chaise Lounge started a new era of furniture design.




Is it work of art or is it just good design? Both?
LC4 is beautiful to look at and it is comfortable to lay on: ergonomic design mirrors the body's natural curves, and it can be adjusted from a near-upright position to a full reclining position.

"I imagined an ordinary, tired soldier who stretches out on his back, places his feet against a tree and his backpack beneath his head – this is how the famous Chaise Longue came into being.”
-quote by Charlotte Perriand-

The LC4 was manufactured by Thonet Frères, Paris, France and Le Corbusier licensed it for reproduction by Cassina in 1965. This chair is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

You might wonder why we want to show this chair to you and what does it have to do with horses or ponies... Or horsehair fine jewelry...

The covering is made of pony skin, cow skin, leather or canvas. The other thing is that good design, quality work, elegance and class never go out of fashion...

See what Louis Vuitton has done with the LC4...


8 Jun 2015

The Friesian Stallion Nanning 374


One day there was an order from the US. The customer told that they have this beautiful, Friesian stud, Nanning, and they would like to have a keepsake made with Nanning´s hair.

Mr. Kelnhofer went through the collection but could not find anything to suit him - he wished to have a bracelet that would be masculine enough for a man to wear. No problem: a new bracelet was designed and Mr. Kelnhofer was very happy with it. To come up with the name for this new item was not difficult, it got the name "Nanning".




The plate is 10 x 30 mm, it is 3 mm thick, the ribbon is 9 mm broad. The bracelet is available in silver, gold and white gold and the finishing can be glanzed or matt.

Have your horse´s name engraved on it!

Nanning 374 was born 2.5.1996 and his original name is Nillis van´t Sonnis. He lives in the Fenway Farms in Wisconsin, USA. His height is 1,69 m and as you can see, he is absolutely beautiful.



Photo Courtesy of Jason Tice, FHANA



Photo Courtesy of Jason Tice, FHANA



Photo Cally Matherly



Photo Cally Matherly



Photo Cally Matherly


You can read more about Nanning on these web sites: 


Watch a video, see his beautiful movements! 

How happy you can be to get Nanning´s filly? 







2 Jun 2015

New Ring 'Artema' - Lucky Charm

To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the nannasalmi collection there are 
some new designs coming out! 

The first one is the long awaited, a lot enquired: a ring with the horse shoe. 

May we introduce the new ring 'Artema'




The ribbon is 6 mm wide, woven of your own horses hair.


This ring is available in silver, gold and white gold. The version "Artema Star"
is with six bedded cubic zircons or diamonds.


original collection by nannasalmi since 1990


"I wanted to design a simple and elegant ring, a lucky charm 
that tells about our love to horses", Nanna Salmi says.




P.S. You might have a dilemma which way to wear the ring... Don´t worry!

"When kept as a talisman, a horseshoe is said to bring good luck. Some believe that to hang it with the ends pointing upwards is good luck as it acts as a storage container of sorts for any good luck that happens to be floating by, whereas to hang it with the ends pointing down, is bad luck as all the good luck will fall out.

Others believe that the horseshoe should be hung the other way (with the ends pointing down), as it will then release its luck to the people around it."

-Wikipedia-


Enquiries and orders also by email
minna.maattanen@nannasalmi.com