Randi Marainen, Date of Birth

    

Randi Marainen

Swedish Sami silversmith and artist

Date of Birth: 12-Apr-1953

Profession: painter, silversmith

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Randi Marainen

  • Randi Marainen, nĂ©e Eriksen (born 12 April 1953 in Børselv, Porsanger in Finnmark, Norway), is a Swedish Sámi silversmith and artist.Marainen grew up in a Sami family on the Norwegian Atlantic coast and trained as a silversmith with the German silver and goldsmith Gispert Dunker in Kautokeino.
  • She has also studied duodji at Samernas utbildningscentrum in Jokkmokk, and pedagogy at college.
  • She worked for a few years at the Sámslift Foundation Sámi Duodji in Jokkmokk with research on and development of duodji.Her public artwork includes a decoration in the main stairwell of the Diehtosiida campus.She lives and works in Nedre Soppero/Vuolle-Sohppar in Kiruna Municipality.
  • She is married to artisan Thomas Marainen and is the mother of singer Simon Marainen.

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