Märta Mattsson
sweden
Rebirth - Mascara moth
Broach Physical NFT + 360° video
Materials - Resin, plastic
Size Pendant - 4” x 2.5” 3/8” (6 x 7 x 2 cm / width x depth x height)
Weight - .39 ox (11.10 grams)
Sometimes I see beauty in things that other people find strange or are even repulsed by. I become fascinated when there is something you do not want to see and the feeling you get when you do not want to look at something, yet you still do. My jewelry deals with the tension that lies between attraction and repulsion. I take seemingly inappropriate materials, making ordinary and familiar objects seem extraordinary and unfamiliar.
In the 18th century many new breeds of animals and plants were discovered and it was the main era of cabinets of curiosities. People collected rarities because it gave them the feeling of being in the presence of something extraordinary and marvelous. The cabinets of curiosities were not meant to sympathize with the creatures on display, only marvel over their oddity. In a world where not many new and exotic breeds are discovered I use dead creatures in my pieces to evoke wonder. The creatures are transformed and reborn; given a new life as objects of astonishment.
Rebirth - green
Necklace Physical NFT + 360° video
Materials - Resin, metal, plastic, crystal
Size Pendant - 6.25 x 2 in x 1/4’ (15.88 x 5 x 3 cm)
Weight - .82 oz (23.33 grams)
Necklace length - 18 in (45.72 cm)
Rebirth - DAisy
Broach Physical NFT + 360° video
Materials - Resin, crab shell,metal
Size Pendant - 4.5” x 2" x 1.25” ( (11.43 x 5. x 3 cm)
Weight - 1.14 oz (32.2 grams)
About the artist
Märta Mattsson was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1982. She received a Master degree from the Royal College of Art in London in 2010. She also received a Bachelor degree in jewelry art from HDK - Academy of Design and Crafts in Gothenburg and has been an exchange student at Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry in Tokyo, Rhode Island School of Design in Providence and at Hawaii Pacific University. She has exhibited her work both nationally and internationally since 2006 in over 20 solo exhibitions and in many group exhibitions. Märta has given workshops and lectures around the theme of her work in countries like China, Belgium, Mexico, Thailand, USA, Sweden and Latvia and she was employed as a lecturer at HDK – Academy of Design and Crafts at the department for jewelry art between 2018-2021. In 2016 Märta was awarded the prize Young Applied Artists 2016 in Sweden and her pieces can be found in prestigious Museum collections like MAD – Museum of Art and Design in New York and Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.
‘My jewelry deals with the tension that lies between attraction and repulsion. I take seemingly inappropriate materials, making ordinary and familiar objects seem extraordinary and unfamiliar.’ - Märta