Collection Spotlight with Liz Bucheit: Sølje Dangles

In a series of three videos, Liz Bucheit and Vesterheim's chief curator Laurann Gilbertson chat about examples of Norwegian-American jewelry. In this video, Liz Bucheit highlights sølje dangles.

Liz Bucheit creates jewelry and body adornment inspired by her Scandinavian ancestry and keeps close ties to her heritage by drawing inspiration from Nordic folklore and myth. A goldsmith for over 30 years, she holds a Master’s degree in metalworking and jewelry from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, and has trained in traditional jewelry and metalworking techniques in Norway and Ireland.

Liz has won numerous competitions and been awarded grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board, McKnight Foundation, Sons of Norway, and the SE Minnesota Arts Council. She was recently awarded a Folk Arts and Cultural Traditions in the Upper Midwest Fellowship from the American Scandinavian Foundation to study Sámi silver adornment in Northern Norway. She has exhibited in museums and cultural centers and her bridal tiaras and wedding jewelry are in many collections. Liz is an active speaker on the topic of Norwegian filigree work and conducts workshops and classes in jewelry design and fabrication. Liz is also the sole American sølje service and repair representative for Sylvsmidja AS, Norway’s oldest producer of traditional bunad silver. She owns and operates Crown Trout Jewelers in Lanesboro, Minnesota – crowntroutonline.com.

Find a class you'd like to take with Liz, here: https://vesterheim.org/folk-art-school/