Jorma Laine Turun Hopea

(1930-2002) was a Finnish jewelry designer who worked with Turun Hopea in the 1970s. He was one of the most unique voices in the history of Scandinavian jewelry and is considered one of the most interesting Nordic silversmiths of the 1960s and 1970s. He developed a very characteristic abstract, modernistic style of working with silver and bronze, and is best known for his work for the firm Turun Hopea, but he also worked for the firm Kultateollisuus Ky and his own firm Silver-Laine. He lived large parts of his life as a recluse in a cabin deep in the Finnish woods. There he lived close to wildlife and got his inspiration from nature itself but also from local myths of spirits and gnomes. His pieces range from beautiful geometrical pieces inspired by snowflakes to whimsical but oddly beautiful small sourly portraits of spirits.