Stone Labyrinth Large Stone Labyrinth. This Public Art piece was commissioned by Kotkan Energia for their windmill park. It was built in the summer 1997 in a large recreational park area by the sea. The labyrinth is 40 x 30 meters in diameter and it is shaped in the form of a traditional “Jatulin tarha” […]

Lens bowls The “Lens” bowls (35 cm) were hot centrifuged at the Iittala factory during a student collaboration led by Glass artist Markku Salo.  

Video Art This is a video installation that shows the Ceramic piece being made and the final fired piece at the same time. The video was made as part of my practice-led research project and has been exhibited in Embodied design research contexts in Eindhoven and Helsinki.

Tactile Landscapes The tactile landscape pieces (40 cm) are large procelain clay displays of three dimensional glazes that form touchable landscapes. They may be interpreted as micro landscapes with hills bays and islands or macro displays of bacterial formations. The tactile landscapes are here displayed during the “Ceramics & Space” exhibition in the Design Museum Helsinki […]

Collaborations Recently I have collaborated with designers who wish to concretise their work in clay. One example of this is the very fine tuned collaboration with Sami Ruotsalainen, who studied at the Ceramics and Glass department of the University of Arts and Design together with me. In this project design sketches from his sketch book were […]

Disappearance works The idea of this project is to play with the notion of space saving in the congested and compact homes of any urban city, in this case as the work was made in Japan I was thinking of Tokyo. I was experimenting with different ways of camouflaging everyday objects into their surroundings, making […]

Section Bowls and Vases The “Section” vases and bowls consists of only 2 parts, one container and one extension part. By using the two parts as building blocks it is possible to adjust these 2 parts in to 4 different designs. It is possible to make the bowl higher and allowing more fruit, salad or […]

Knob Cups The “Knob cup” plays with the notion of the handle. In this porcelain cup the conventional handle has been replaced with a knob for drawers. The cup shape is oval. Holding and drinking from this cup gives an extended experience other than just the taste of the drink. Prototype designed together with Sami […]

Ilmari Heater Ilmari is a ceramic electric heater that also works as an atmospheric lamp, providing warmth and light for those who can not have a fireplace at home. Prototype designed together with Sami Ruotsalainen, sponsored and manifactured by Kerman Savi www.kermansavi.fi “Ilmari” was exhibited at the Salone Satellite 2008 (picture) and later also at […]

Friend The “Friend” pillow was created as a response to the need of all lonely people. It can be customized with shirts and perfume etc and a warm water bottle fits inside it making it a truly warm friend for lonely moments. Size 50x80x20cm. Will be exhibited at the Designmigration shows in Design Forum Finland […]