5. Design as Art
I have found glass to be something fascinating. I don’t blow glass myself, but for some reason, I feel like I belong in the hot workshop.
Clear glass is something that I like in particular. It is immaterial yet very optic. Through glass, one can look through to new views of one’s own perspectives. Glass, as material, and the shape it forms, is equally unique to everyone.
I am fascinated by the whole process of creating a glass object. How the artistic ambition is led to interact with the opportunities of the fine art of glassblowing, and how everything turns out in practise. Alongside working with the glassblowers, I truly enjoy designing the molds. By creating a mold I can put my fingerprint on glass.
The production of a glass piece often requires participation of many skilled artisans already before stepping into a hot workshop. Glassblowers are – along with so many others in the process – artisans. Inspite of the long traditions, countries and workshops have their own culture. The intricacies of all these unique opportunities engage me.
FUNDAMENTTI I Blue, II Yellow, III Red
11 x 25,5 x 20 cm
12 x 24 x 21,5 cm
10,5 x 25,5 x 23,5 cm
Kiln casted, grinded and polished crystal, 2024.
Manufacturer: G1 Glass Art Studio
Photographer: Chikako Harada
OBSERVATORIO I Red, II Red, III Yellow, IV Blue
39 x 17 x 32cm
Mouth blown to mold, cold cut, drilled and polished. Copper and steel wire, 2024.
Master glass blower: Jaakko Liikanen, Nuutajärvi, Finland
Assistant glass blower: Samuli Parkkinen
Cold work: Heikki Viinikainen
Metal work: Mika Paasonen
Photographer: Chikako Harada
triptych, 2012
Master glass blower: Pino Signoretto in Murano, Venice
Photographer: Chikako Harada
I created these pieces with Maestro Mr. Pino Signoretto in Murano.
He had a holistic view of glass which made him on of the talentest master in the era.
AMIE
unique series, 2022
Master glass blower: Jaakko Liikanen, Nuutajärvi, Finland
Assistant glass blower: Kirsi Anttila
Photographer: Anna Oksanen
CUPOLA & BASE
sculpture, 2017
Glass blowers: Alma Jantunen & Johannes Rantasalo
Gold work: Heikki Viinikainen
Photographer: Chikako Harada
INDIVIDUAL FAMILY
series, 2015
Glass blower: New Murano Gallery
Photographer: Francesco Allegretto
ATMOSFÄÄRI
sculpture, 2017
Glass blowers: Alma Jantunen &Johannes Rantasalo
Gold work: Heikki Viinikainen