Silverware

Wiwen Nilsson’s creative output was multidisciplinary and multifaceted. His artistic and functional designs – consistent with elegant, geometrical shapes – have become synonymous with his name. Wiwen Nilsson’s three basic conditions for his creative work were the material, the technique and the dynamism. The function was to be an integral part of the whole. Though Wiwen Nilsson’s creations have a strikingly simple structure, the mathematical precision and complicated treatments required great skill to execute.

Wiwen Nilsson held Romanesque and Byzantine artists in high regard, extolling the era’s “holy trinity”; function, material and technique. Drawing inspiration from mediaeval art and philosophy, he melded these sensibilities with his trademark dynamic cubism. In his eyes, excessive decoration threatened the essence of the material. He sought to create a sense of tranquillity in his timeless forms, coupled with balance, rhythm, and proportion.

Wiwen Nilsson’s creative output was multidisciplinary and multifaceted. His artistic and functional designs – consistent with elegant, geometrical shapes – have become synonymous with his name. Wiwen Nilsson’s three foundational components for his craft were the material, the technique and the dynamism. The function was to be an integral part of the whole work.

Though Wiwen Nilsson’s creations have a strikingly simple structure, the mathematical precision and complicated treatments involved required great skill. Wiwen Nilsson held Romanesque and Byzantine artists in high regard, praising the era’s “holy trinity” of function, material and technique. Drawing inspiration from Medieval art and philosophy, he melded these values with his trademark dynamic cubism. In his eyes, excessive decoration threatened the essence of the material. He sought to create a sense of calm in his forms, emphasising balance, rhythm, and proportion.