THREE STORIES Aino Kapsta, Keesi Kapsta, Henry Mardisalu

The main asset and inspiration of the Kapsta family is the esteemed Estonian jewellery artist Aino Kapsta, who’s work experience starts way back in the Soviet times. In the past couple of years Kapsta has mostly been working in filigree. Kapsta’s delicate and detailed filigree jewelry has won the hearts of many jewelry admirers. During her 60 years in art jewellery, Aino Kapsta’s work has travelled to London, Italy, Berlin, Moscow and Japan. This exhibition is the 12th time for Aino Kapsta to be showing in A-Gallery.

Aino Kapsta’s daughter Keesi Kapsta initially studied graphic design, but was also drawn to jewellery. Although having learned a lot from her mother, Keesi has developed her own independent form of free expression through the smelting technique.

The link between them is the third generation artist Henry Mardisalu, who works in the preparation of materials. According to him, the path of metal art was paved for him by the environment he was born into. His main favorite is the production of gold and silver chains. All the chains used in the jewellery of the Kapsta family are handmade by Henry. In recent years, he has also been fascinated by the sophistication of filigree techniques, which he has learned largely from his grandmother Aino Kapsta.