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Sebastian Schildt
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Sebastian Schildt was born in Stockholm in 1964 and grew up attending the city's Waldorf school, an environment where crafts and manual making were woven into everyday learning. He was introduced to forging as a child, and the experience left a lasting impression. After completing his schooling he approached the respected Swedish silversmith Jan Brunk directly and secured an apprenticeship, absorbing traditional silver-working techniques through hands-on practice rather than formal academy training.
By 1987 Schildt had opened his own workshop and has worked independently ever since. His atelier is housed at Oxenstiernska malmgården on Östermalm in Stockholm - one of the few preserved early 18th-century ore farms in the city - and the building has become inseparable from his identity as a maker. The space is also home to Galleri Sebastian Schildt, which he founded as a platform for jewellery, applied craft and design by both himself and invited artists of international standing.
The silver jug, hand-forged from a single sheet of metal using a long sequence of hammers from heavy to fine, has become his signature form. A single pitcher can take over 100 hours to complete. Schildt takes the stone as the starting point for his jewellery designs - working in 18-karat gold and white gold with stones such as chrysoprase and diamonds - treating the material's character as the generator of form rather than something to be contained by it. His work spans all scales: from rings and necklaces worn against the body to public sculptures such as 'Livets träd' (Tree of Life), the gilded christening and light tree installed in Hedvig Eleonora Church in Stockholm.
Commissions have come from the Swedish Parliament, the Royal Patriotic Society and court jeweller W.A. Bolin, for whom he designed a tastevin in sterling silver and enamel in 1997. He has also collaborated with Svenskt Tenn, and his work is held in the collections of the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, Röhsska Museum in Gothenburg, and the Museum of Arts and Design in New York. He has been presented within the Homo Faber network of European master craftspeople, reflecting recognition that reaches beyond the Scandinavian market.
At auction in the Nordic market, Schildt's work appears across a range of formats, with 11 lots tracked on Auctionist. Kaplans Auktioner accounts for the largest share, followed by Bukowskis Stockholm, Crafoord Auktioner Stockholm and Auktionshuset Kolonn. Items include necklaces and earrings in 18-karat gold and white gold with chrysoprase and diamonds, a sterling silver vase, a sterling silver pendant, and a gilt-interior bowl made for Svenskt Tenn - as well as the patinated bronze sculpture 'Riksdagslejoninnan', which was exhibited at Bukowskis.