I have been coveting the minimalist pieces in Hanna Sandin’s jewelry line Samma for some time now. Utilizing the repetition of geometric shapes cut from brass, bronze, and copper, Sandin creates some of the most unique looking jewelry out there. Given how sculptural her jewelry is, I wasn’t surprised to learn that she is also a fine artist—and I fell in love with these mobile sculptures of hers at first glance.
Mobiles often have an understated elegance and grace to their movement, and Sandin’s mobiles speak to that subtlety in the sparseness of the material. She is able to to transform banal objects—a scrap of fabric, a floppy disc, a feather—into something abstractly beautiful and haunting. Captured in stillness, they also take on the form of surrealist paintings, a bit futuristic and totally magical; much like every piece of Samma jewelry. Whatever medium Sandin decides to tackle next, I’m on board.
