Scan Magazine – August 2018

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How do you turn an old silver coffee spoon into a ring, or half a pair of earrings
into a pendant? Goldsmith Sanna Hytönen designs and manufactures wedding and
engagement rings and other custom-made jewellery, and also carries out repairs.

By Ndéla Faye | Photos: Sanna Hytönen

Ever since she was a child, Hytönen knew
that she wanted to be a goldsmith. To-
day, her workshop is based in her home
in Äänekoski, near Jyväskylä, Finland.
There are no big machines — everything
is handmade and Hytönen uses traditional
methods. “Whether it’s a quick repair, or
the design and manufacturing process of a
custom-made piece, I treat every job with
the same care and respect it deserves,”
she says.
The sky is the limit when it comes to
jewellery design. Hytönen creates unique
rings, often made from either customers’
own materials, by repurposing old jewel-
lery, or cutlery. “Old gold or silver jewellery
can be melted and turned into a whole new
design, or the old jewellery pattern or size
can be changed,” Hytönen explains. “An
old, bent silver spoon can be repurposed

Pieces of love

into a new and exciting ring, for example.

This is recycling at its best.”

Also a specialist in gemmology, Hytönen

offers a jewellery research service. “I am

fascinated by gemstones and love everything

about them,” she says. “I am surrounded by

love: wedding rings, mother-child jewellery,

or a special piece that is getting a new lease

of life.” She adds: “Jewellery is always given

for, or carried around because of, love, and

that makes my job very rewarding.”

Scan Magazine | Special Theme | Finnish Jewellery Design

Sanna Hytönen.

Photo: Minna Ikonen Korsicreative

Engagement and wedding ring, made

out of silver, gold and tourmaline.

Flower pendant.

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