Maria Rudman

Maria Rudman a former model, tv-presenter, fashion stylist and photographer, grew up by a lake in Sweden, in a house filled with handicrafts made by the Sami tribe, the original inhabitants of northern Scandinavia.

Part of Maria Rudman's family stemmed from the Artic Lapland region, where Samis, once known as Laps, have lived among the reindeer herds since the beginning of time. It has taken Maria Rudman many years of research and close collaboration with both Samis and other selected craftsmen to be able to present today a wide choice of high-quality accessories, created using techniques unchanged for many hundreds of years.

The bracelets are made of reindeer hide and embroidered with pewter, a mix of tin with small amount of silver. The Authentic Sami bracelets, made with natural hoe-tanned hide, are distinguished by coloured ribbons, the four colours of the Sami flag.
These colours stand for the forces of nature..the earth (green), the sky (blue), the sun (yellow)the heart, the life force (red)

Each piece is unique and handmade with delicacy and precision, the expression of a long tribal tradition. 

 




(pictures taken from Elle USA march 2003, text by Maria Rudman PR)