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Rörstrand's flower fairy was born on the Emerald
Isle in 1948. Her name is Jacqueline Lynd but she is called Jackie.
Jackie grew up in Belfast amidst political unrest, bombs and the IRA.
She had her education at the Belfast College of Art and Design 1966-1970
and the North Staffordshire Polytechnic in Stoke-on-Trent 1970-1972.
She worked a few years within the English porcelain industry before
signing up for Rörstrand in 1974. She was planning to stay for a year
to try the Swedish way of living but she ended up staying for 16 years.
Eventually she got married and moved to Småland.
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Jackie arrived at Rörstrand at a time when the competition in the
porcelain industry grew tougher and industrial designers faced hard
terms. Apart from satisfying her own creativity she also had to meet
the demands from the factory for services that were easy to produce
and easy to sell. The demands grew into challenges and in between
these she had the opportunity to indulge herself in creating unique
objects. It was a dream come true for an artist originating from the
English porcelain industry.
Early on Jackie fell in love with the Swedish countryside and she
created her own porcelain flora. The result was flowery services and
romantic art. Cherry flowers grew over cups and pots and reeds swayed
on blue vases. Jackie watched the change of seasons with fascination
and she caught the mood in clay, colour and glaze.
Rörstrand Museum has an appetizer from their collection on display
in a showroom in the outer courtyard at Läckö Castle.
Photo: Rörstrand Museum |
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