Maija Koppinen Costume & Textile Designer

Hello there!

I am a Finnish-Australian Costume and Textile Designer based in Dublin.

About Me

Designing and making costumes as well as textiles has long been my interest.

Here I show you a glimpse of what I have done:

Madama Butterfly

Assistant Costume Supervisor & Dresser for the opera 'Madama Butterfly' (2025).

Photography by Ros Kavanagh

Madama Butterfly

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Costume Assistant & Maker for the opera 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (2025).

Photography by Frances Marshall

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Flying Dutchman

Costume Technician & Dresser for the opera 'The Flying Dutchman' (2025).

Photography by Patrick Redmond

The Flying Dutchman

Rigoletto

Costume Assistant, Maker & Dresser for the opera 'Rigoletto' (2024).

Photography by Patrick Redmond

Rigoletto

Brontë

Costume Designer & Maker for the play 'Brontë' (2024).

Photography by Georgia Younger & Stephanie Clark

Brontë

Sylvi

Costume Designer, Maker & Dresser as well as Props Maker for the play 'Sylvi' (2024).

Photography by Georgia Younger, Pauliina Munukka & Maija Koppinen

Sylvi

The Sugar Wife

Costume Designer and Maker for the play ‘The Sugar Wife’ (2023).

Photography by Ste Murray

The Sugar Wife

Faust

Assistant Costume Designer for the opera 'Faust' (2023).

Photography by Patrick Redmond

Faust

Warrior

Assistant Costume Designer for the play 'Warrior' (2023).

Photography by Ste Murray

Warrior

Lobby Hero

Assistant Costume Designer & Maker for the play 'Lobby Hero' (2023).

Photography by Keith Dixon

Lobby Hero

YLE

I worked in the costume department for a range of tv-shows at Yle - The Finnish Broadcasting Company (2019).

Photography by Maija Koppinen

YLE

Finnish National Opera and Ballet

I worked in the costume department for a range of stage productions at the Finnish National Opera and Ballet (2018).

Photography by Maija Koppinen

Finnish National Opera and Ballet

Kalevala - The Return of the Golden Age

Assistant Costume Designer, Maker & Stand-by for the 'Kalevala - The Return of the Golden Age' teaser trailer (2018).

Photography by Maija Koppinen

Kalevala - The Return of the Golden Age

Annantalo

Workshop creator & instructor (2021), Workshop creator & instructor for my BA thesis (2020), Costume Designer, Maker & Wardrobe Supervisor at Annantalo (2011 & in a full-time position 2013-2014).

Photography by Maija Koppinen

Annantalo

Costume Illustration

I create moodboards and costume illustrations to help share the vision of my designs.

Costume Illustration

Fabrics

Designs and patterns by weaving, knitting, crocheting, braiding, felting, printing, dyeing or surface decorating textiles & turning them into fabrics.

Fabrics

Prints

Prints for fabric (furnishing, homeware, clothes & costumes), illustrations and wallpaper.

Prints

Textile Art

I create various textile art pieces. Some of them have been featured in exhibitions.

Here, on the left I have a crochet textile art piece called 'Water Drops' that was featured in the 'Yarn Visions' exhibition at the Art and Museum Centre Sinkka in Kerava (2016-17) & later in the 'Finland Knits' event at FinVillage in Helsinki, Finland (2017). On the right, I have a woven textile art piece that was featured in the 'Stories' exhibition at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki, Finland (2018).

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Maija Koppinen

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Maija Koppinen - Costume & Textile Designer