Invasion I and II are part of a group exhibition in Galleria Kuja in Helsinki, 7.8.-5.9.2020.
.
Invasion I, blown and fused glass (diameter 20cm), 2020
Group exhibition at the Finnish Glass Museum
Nosto was chosen to be part of the Finnish glass museum’s traditional Finnish Glass Lives exhibition, hold in every five years, in 14.2.–19.4.2020
Group exhibition in Gumbostrand Konst & Form
Northern lights art works are part of a group exhibition in Gumbostrand Konst & Form gallery, 17.1–22.3.2020.
Thick filigree canes, from Nuutajärvi hot working session.
Northern lights when electricity is on (left) and when it’s off (right).
Pilchuck course next year!
So thrilled to be chosen as an instructor for Pilchuck Glass School for next year’s first session! My course will consist of combining scientific specialty glasses in glass art. The course catalogue for next year is now published. Applications and more info at pilchuck.org
Update April 2020: due to covid crisis, Pilchuck’s summer courses have been cancelled.
Nosto in Designvuosi 2018
Nosto was picked to the cover of the Designvuosi 2018 magazine. The issue is available until November 2018.
Studio Lasifaasi at Habitare fair
You can visit Studio Lasifaasi at the Habitare fair 12.-16.9.2018 in Helsinki at the stand 6b58 with some new and cool prototypes.
Nosto awarded at Red Dot 2018
Pendant light Nosto has been awarded with an honourable mention at this year's prestigious Red Dot Award Product Design 2018 competition.
Evaluation platform for good design
The Red Dot Award: Product Design has roots dating back as far as 1955 and determines the best products created each year. In 2018, designers and manufacturers from 59 countries submitted more than 6,300 objects to the competition. True to the motto “In search of good design and innovation”, a jury comprising roughly 40 members assessed the products individually based on the original. The strict judging criteria, which include level of innovation, functionality, formal quality, ergonomics and durability, provide a frame of reference which the jurors then complement with their own expertise.
A choice of three different distinctions are awarded: The Red Dot: Best of the Best is reserved for the best products in a category, while the Red Dot is the distinction for high design quality. An Honourable Mention is awarded for a particularly well-executed aspect of design work.
Celebration to honour the laureates
The winners will be celebrated at the Red Dot Gala on 9 July 2018. The Red Dot: Best of the Best laureates will receive their well-deserved trophies on stage at Essen’s opera house, the Aalto-Theater, during the award ceremony. At the subsequent Designers’ Night in the Red Dot Design Museum Essen, the Red Dot and Honourable Mention laureates receive their certificates and can all celebrate their success together in the midst of the award-winning products, as the aftershow party is simultaneously the exhibition launch: For a four-week period, the special exhibition “Design on Stage – Winners Red Dot Award: Product Design 2018” will feature the award-winning innovations as part of the world’s largest exhibition of contemporary design.
The day of the Red Dot Gala coincides with the publication of the Red Dot Design Yearbook 2018/2019, which showcases all of the year’s winning products. In addition, they can be found in the Online Exhibition, the Red Dot App and on Red Dot 21 from that date. Further information available at www.red-dot.de.
Filigree glass residency in Nuutajärvi, part 2
The filigree residency organized by Lasiakatemia continued this spring, with an intensive day, during which we made polished versions of the ideas tested during the first part. I developed the idea of using phosphorescent filigree canes, and made shapes that I built into pendants.
When lit with an ordinary light bulb, the pendant seems like a normal lamp, but when the lights are turned off, the pendant keeps glowing like the northern lights. Just like real northern lights, these effects can only be seen when the amount of surrounding lights and light pollution are minimal.
The pendants will be exhibited later this year.
Filigree glass residency in Nuutajärvi, part 1
I was selected to the first (of hopefully many!) workshops organized by Lasiakatemia in Nuutajärvi, Finland, 27.11.-2.12. We explored new possibilities of the traditional filigree technique and got very exciting results even from the very first tests with phosphorescent filigree canes.
Filigree canes make the glass glow in the dark in a very cool way.
Inhabitable planets in Budapest
The new series inhabitable planets will be exhibited in Bor és kézműves -gallery, in Budapest, Hungary 22-24.9., along with works from Ella Varvio. The series was made in a glass art residency in Bardidvarnuk, Hungary. The art series presents planets which have become inhabitable except for one. The rough, stormy surface effect is made using self-made glass-ceramics powders.
Blue planet in Finnish Glass Museum 18.5.–5.11.2017
Blue planet is part of the '100 x Glass' exhibition in Finnish Glass Museum, in Riihimäki, Finland, on 18.5.–5.11.2017.
Lumipallo awarded in Finnish Glass Museum's competition
Lumipallo, from which Kuura candle light has been developed, was awarded an honarary mention in the Finnish Glass Museum's design competition. More can be read here.
Lasifaasi products in Suomenlinna shop B34
Kuura candle lights and frozen flowers are part of this year's Suomenlinna summer shop B34, located in Suomenlinna, Helsinki, until the end of September. More on B34 here.
Sprouts at Turku City gallery Brinkkala
Idut - Sprouts were chosen to be part of the juried 92nd Annual Exhibition of the Turku Artists’ Association. Exhibition is open 30.9.–6.11.2016 in Brinkkala Gallery (Vanha Suurtori 3-5, Turku).
The exhibition is an overview of contemporary art from Turku region. Annually ten artists are chosen to showcase their recent work. More information here.
Idut - Sprouts in the Brinkkala Gallery.
Interview in GAS News journal
There is an article of me in the summer edition of the Glass Art Society's journal, GASNews. The article is part of their 'Student profile' column.
The article includes an image of my newest series, Scarred, and also analyses on Nosto and the Observers series.
Observers in Art of Basware 8.-28.8.2016
Another work from the Observers series was chosen to the final exhibition of the annual Art of Basware competition, which gathers art of different genres from young artists.
The exhibition is held in the Helsinki Music Centre, and it will be open for public on 8.-28.8.2016.
Nosto in New Glass Review 37!
Nosto pendant was included in recently published New Glass Review 37!
New Glass Review is an annual publication by the Corning Museum of Glass, in which a juried selection of a hundred new glass objects from around the world, from the fields of design, architecture or contemporary art, are presented. More info can be found here.
Observers in SOK Art Competition
One piece from the Observers series was selected to the annual SOK art competition final.
The competition exhibition is open 7.-29.4.2016 in S Gallery, and it is located in Fleminginkatu 34, Helsinki.
Here's a sneak peak from the exhibition building (Observers still in a brown box):
Exhibition building at the SLA 2015
Still Together -piece was chosen among finalists from all over the world to participate in Stanislav Libensky Award 2015 final, which includes an exhibition for all the finalist works. The exhibition will be open from 21th October until 4th January 2016, in ZIBA Glass Gallery in Central Prague, which will go under renovation after the exhibitioh.
Exhibition building is still on going, but tomorrow evening everything is going to be ready for the big opening night!
.
Still Together already set up! On the right down corner, the tools that made it possible.
Artist of a month exhibition at Artisaani in October
Some works of the Observers series together with Frozen flowers were featured at Arts and crafts store Artisaani in downtown Helsinki, as part of their "Artist of a month" exhibition on Oct 5th-30th. The glass flowers will be for sale there for now.
More information about Artisaani is here.
