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Finnish birch becomes beaded jewellery at Aarikka, whose business began with Kaija Aarikka's wooden buttons in 1954. Candlesticks and wooden figures also appear in its Helsinki shop, extending the material into homeware and decorations. Atelier Torbjörn Tillander makes jewellery by hand in central Helsinki, where the present atelier was founded in 1956. Au3 Goldsmiths designs and makes jewellery in Helsinki, with its goldsmith collective's walk-in shop on Unioninkatu.
Central Helsinki
Aarikka has turned Finnish birch into jewellery, homeware and decorations since Kaija Aarikka began making wooden buttons in 1954. Its Helsinki store sells beaded necklaces, candlesticks and the round-bodied wooden figures that became the brand's signature.
Best for Wooden beaded jewellery and homeware
Kluuvikatu 1, 00100 Helsinki, Finland / Helsinki / Finland
Alexander E. Tillander opened a St Petersburg goldsmith shop in 1860 (imperial-court supplier); Torbjörn founded the present Helsinki atelier in 1956; sixth-generation workshop still handmakes jewellery in central Helsinki (Finnish Wikipedia; Homo Faber).
Best for Six-generation Helsinki goldsmithing and handmade jewellery.
Unioninkatu 27, 00170 Helsinki, Finland / Helsinki / Finland
Helsinki goldsmith collective founded 2003 by Tero Hannonen and Jussi Louesalmi; jewellery designed and made in Helsinki, walk-in store at Unioninkatu 27.
Best for Jewellery designed and made by a Helsinki goldsmith collective.
Ratakatu 1, 00120 Helsinki, Finland / Helsinki / Finland
Goldsmith and leather artist with a walk-in jewellery shop at Ratakatu 1 beside the Design Museum.
Best for Goldsmith jewellery and leather work beside the Design Museum.
Kruununhaka, Helsinki
HELIHELMI, a Helsinki jewellery shop founded by W & Z Design Studio in 2015, sells necklaces, earrings, bracelets and rings made with freshwater pearls the company says it has cultivated in its hometown in China for more than 20 years.
Best for Freshwater pearl jewellery
Central Helsinki
Kalevala Koru was founded in Helsinki in 1937 and first reproduced jewellery based on archaeological finds from Finland's Iron Age and medieval graves. The house casts in bronze, silver and gold, runs its own goldsmithing training and offers a pre-owned and repair service.
Best for Sculptural Finnish jewellery and archaeological reproductions
Helsinki
Lapponia Jewelry grew from Bjorn Weckstrom's 1960s work, whose organic, molten-surfaced gold and silver pieces once appeared on screen in Star Wars. The Finnish house still produces Weckstrom's classics alongside pieces by contemporary designers.
Best for Bjorn Weckstrom silver and gold designs
Inari, Finnish Lapland, Finland
At Inarintie 61 in the village of Inari, Inarin Hopea forges sterling silver jewellery in traditional Lapland patterns, from spoon pendants and brooches to rings and men's pieces, inside a combined workshop and retail shop. The designs draw on regional silversmithing conventions carried through generations of Lapland craftsmen.
Best for Traditional Lapland silver jewellery
Lemmenjoki, Inari, Finnish Lapland, Finland
On the shore of Lake Kuivajärvi near Lemmenjoki National Park, in Inari municipality, artisan Kikka Laakso works reindeer antler, leather and bone into jewellery, art objects and furnishings. The gallery pairs her craft with workshops and guided visits, keeping the work rooted to the reindeer farm where the raw material originates.
Best for Reindeer antler art and jewellery from a working artisan
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