One day about female silversmiths - In history and today

The history of silversmithing has been largely characterized by an aesthetic built on a consensus culture where the silversmiths in the field have mainly been men. Certain quality concepts, both technically and artistically, have been prioritized over others, which has resulted in a certain aesthetic stance before others and has partly held back the development of the art form. Since the 1990s, however, a large number of female smiths have taken their place within silversmithing and today the gender balance is relatively even.

Despite the fact that there have been female silversmiths even further back, they have not always been made visible and highlighted in history writing to a sufficient degree, which we want to remedy with this seminar.

The seminar has been developed through a dialogue between Anders Ljungberg, Professor at CRAFT! Jewelry and corpus, Konstfack and Cilla Robach, Director of collections, Nationalmuseum.

The seminar is also part of the research platform Heritage, Culture, Community at KHV, Konstfack.