> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: Christina Zetterlund > Reference:: https://garlandmag.com/loop/rosa-taikon/ > Date:: 2023-06-01 > Tags:: #warp/talk #jewellery #Sweden > WeftLinks:: [[Cultural value of craft]] [[Reinventing the Wheel]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > Rosa Taikon combined activism on behalf of her Roma people and innovation as a jewellery artist. However, her career was affected by a binary in the Swedish scene that could not see the potential for creativity within an ethnic context. ### Highlights <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/O09u9doLybw" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> Christina Zetterlund discusses the extraordinary life of Roma silversmith Rosa Taikon. Taikon was a staunch advocate for her people's rights in Sweden without sacrificing the sensuous beauty of silver. Her life reveals a fascinating picture of Scandinavian craft, particularly Stockholm's leading institution, Konstfalk. But it also highlights individual agency through a jeweller who defied convention for the sake of Roma culture. Christina Zetterlund has taken a leading role in democratising craft. In the southern region of Smaaland, she curated an exhibition of friggers, the one-off works made by factory glass blowers. Recenty, the Luleå Bieannial of Art and Craft that she co-curated brought folk arts, particularly Sami duoji into the museum and gallery. She is also an associate professor at the Design+Change program at Linnaeus University and curator of the (Re-)learning the archive project. In charting her career, Christina noted how Rosa Taikon was relatively overlooked in terms of museum acquisitions and academic opportunities. In representing her work, it was often consigned to the category of ethnic, which ignored her contribution to the field of art jewellery. The discussion that followed reflected on the strong network of Roma, originating initially in Rajisthan and now particularly strong in Romania.