Gweilosticks

Let me introduce the Gweilosticks!

It is for an exhibition about forks, where I wanted to represent where I am in my life at the moment. 

Walking through the buzzling streets of Sheung Wan to get lunch I thought about the chopsticks that of course is so characteristic to eating in Hong Kong and China but how hard it can be for a gweilo (means ghost person in Cantonese, ie me :) ) to grip those slippery dumplings. Instead of shoving the stick right through it which I end up doing once in a while (which I've learnt is not good table manners) I have put a little fork on it for easier grip. Combining Western with the Eastern eating habits.

Ming Pao Weekly

Malin Ohlsson Jewellery was featured in a really nice article in Ming Pao Weekly. Check it out!

'Soul on the wall' & 'Creative Swedes Hong Kong'

Why only have one exhibition opening when you can have two! 

 

Please come and join me on Thursday November 27 for two great opening parties with a lot of art and design. And a lot of Malin Ohlsson Jewellery!

 

At 'Soul on the Wall', at the Hong Kong Visual Art Centre I will showcase pieces from my new jewellery collection together with new artwork. 

 

Afterwards head over to Creative Swedes Hong Kong opening party in PMQ in Soho where you will find me, more wine and more Swedish designers. 

 

Read more about the pop-up shop on facebook.

Party no 1:

 
Party no 2:

 

The back

Conception Collection - Half way earrings

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The Caspian Sea

My Nephew is named after the Caspian Sea and about a month ago I became his Godmother. As a gift I made these cufflinks for him

Ame Gallery

My Collections of Jewellery are now found at Ame Gallery on Graham Street in Hong Kong.
It is an amazing Contemporary Jewellery Gallery and is well worth a visit.

Diamond Pendant

Silver Pendant set with Diamonds.

Anatomy Collection- Men's ring

Rhodium plated silver ring

Anatomy Collection

This ring is part of my Anatomy Collection which is a series of rings and bangles that follows the shape of the body. The rings have indents on the outside so you can fit it in the neighbouring fingers.

This ring is a Rhodium plated silver ring with a freshwater pearl.

Eclectic Cool

My collections of jewellery is still to be seen at Eclectic Cool. The other day Joanne at Eclectic wrote a nice piece about me on her blog, that you can read here.

Eclectic Cool

My collections of jewellery is in this fabolous shop the whole of June. Please come by and have a look!
Eclectic Cool is in Sheung Wan in Po Hing Fong up by the basketball courts.
Opening hours: Wednesday- Sunday 12-6.

Mesh Collection

How to make a bangle

This is one of the reasons why I love to work in metal. It is to try and form and create something out of a piece of thick strong metal by the use of the force of your arm. 

This is how I made a bangle for my Anatomy Collection.

I usually have an idea that I carry with me for a while. But it always feels better to sketch it out on paper.  

After you measured and cut off how much wire you need you have to anneal the silver to make it softer and workable.

 After that you can bend it around so that the ends meet. 

It takes a couple of rounds of annealing before it gets somewhat round. 

When the ends meet and to make them fit perfectly flat against each other you pierce through the opening. 

 

 After that you can solder the joints together

And then hammer it into the correct shape on the mandrel 

When it is perfectly round it is time to start filing off all the marks left from forming and soldering. 

 And after a lot of filing and a lot of polishing it is done!