Randi Marainen Explained

Randi Marainen, née Eriksen (born 12 April 1953 in Børselv, Porsanger Municipality in Finnmark, Norway), is a Swedish Sámi silversmith and artist.[1]

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 Municipality. 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.[2] [3]

Her public artwork includes a decoration in the main stairwell of the Diehtosiida campus.[4]

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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Notes and References

  1. News: Kreativ slöjdare prisas . . 6 February 2010 . 14 August 2018 . Boström, Patrik.
  2. Web site: Randi Marainen . kulturnett.no . 14 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120710200415/http://www.kulturnett.no/kunstner_og_artister/kunstner_og_artister.jsp?id=T12282601&pageid=5 . 10 July 2012 . no.
  3. Mångkultur väster om odlingsgränsen . https://web.archive.org/web/20071219070607/http://www.sfv.se/cms/showdocument/documents/sfv/kulturvarden/2006_3/artikel_mangkultur_vaster_om_odlingsgransen.pdf . 19 December 2007 . Strandell, Monica . Kulturvärden . 2006 . 3 . 26–35.
  4. Web site: Samisk vitenskapsbygg, Diehtosiida . koro.com . KORO / Public Art Norway . 14 August 2018 . no.
  5. News: Asa Kitok stipendiet till Randi Marainen . Asa Kitok Award to Randi Marainen. . 4 February 2010. Sveriges Radio . Sámeradion ja SVT Sápmi . 13 August 2018. sv.
  6. Web site: Tidigare års Asa Kitok-stipendiater . Asa Kitok Award recipients from previous years . . Sameslöjdstiftelsen Sámi Duodji. sv.
  7. Web site: Rubus Arcticus-stipendium till Randi . Rubus Arcticus to Randi . Hällgren, Katariina . Samefolket . 20 January 2011. sv.
  8. News: Rubus Arcticus till Randi Marainen . Rubus Arcticus to Randi Marainen. . 17 November 2010. Sveriges Radio . Sámeradion ja SVT Sápmi . 13 August 2018. sv.
  9. News: Randi ja Duommá Marainen oažžuba bálkkašumi . Randi and Thomas Marainen receive award . Niia, Anna-Karin . Sveriges Radio . 18 June 2019 . Sámeradion ja SVT Sápmi . 20 June 2019 . se, sv.
  10. Web site: Samiskt kulturpris till Randi och Thomas Marainen . Saami Culture Award to Randi and Thomas Marainen . Church of Sweden . 18 June 2019 . 20 June 2019 . sv.