I ’m Jonna Anelma Lähteenmäki, a jeweller and photographer from Utsjoki.
I find inspiration for my jewelry from the nature of the North and from my life with mental health challenges, my sensitivity, and the beauty of melancholy.
Mieli Koru means both a favorite piece of jewelry and, more deeply, the human mind. Through my work, I want to keep the conversation about mental health alive and challenge the stigma and prejudices around it.
Jewelry. Photos. Stories. One at a time.
My jewelry and photographs are created one at a time, at their own pace. They tell their stories both separately and together.
From the North. Made from the North.