I am a Textile Designer and Visual Artist based in Finland.
I have an interdisciplinary practice that studies residual materials through mixed media forms.
2021, Experimental Textile Design, Textile swatch dyed and sculpted using salt and reactive dye, with crystalline growth emerging on the surface. Made at Aalto University.
My work explores the intersections of art and science through material and practice-based research.
Sinipuu (originally blue dye stuff) + Carboxymethyl Cellulose (CMC), noticable shift in dye colour, experimentation at Aalto CHEMARTS in 2022.
Sinipuu dye extracts combined with various cellulose types and printed on handmade paper to create bio-colored artworks
Types of cellulose: Microcrystalline Cellulose(MCC), Carboxymethyl Cellulose (CMC), Microfibrillar Cellulose (MFC), and Nanofibrillar Cellulose (NFC)
Sinipuu Blue remains the same when mixed with Microfibrillar Cellulose (MFC)
Locally harvested willow bark gives warm reds and browns, lupine brings lime green to blue.
Residual material from extracting natural color from willow bark
Biocolouring on paper with onion peel and chochineal dye extract.
2022, MONOMATERIAL COATINGS explored through printing with Carboxymethyl Cellulose (CMC), Microfibrillar Cellulose (MFC), and Nanofibrillar Cellulose (NFC) on cotton textiles. Made at Aalto CHEMARTS.
Since patterns and textures are found everywhere, I constantly feel motivated to capture and share them back to the world.
Found in the Ocean, digitally coloured jacquard textile. Two-weft system in black and white fashion yarns, creating a flat double-sided surface. Part of a crude oil-inspired collection at Aalto University, 2022.
Second variation of the woven textile.
At What Cost? Woven textile inspired by the clumping of crude oil droplets and the book Oil, Power and War.
Back of the woven textile.
Two meters wide before steaming, the black Baktron yarn shrinks dramatically, creating texture and depth in the final textile.
Original white textile, woven in white fashion yarn and black Baktron, post-steaming, pre-digital printing.
I am deeply inspired with textiles and materials as cultural forms of expression.
Repurposed reactive dyes from the Textile Printing Lab at Aalto University, expired for Epson printers but perfectly usable as painting or dyeing pigments.
An art installation crafted from recycled materials such as water-based wall paints, used plastic covers with reactive dye residues, and leftover salt.
Salt and Water on recycled cardboard.
Paper yarns used for salt experiments and weaving.
The artworks were made during a three month winter residency in 2025.
Open Studios Exhibition at HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme in Suomenlinna.
Credits:
Photography credits: Cambria Sinclair, Yu-Chen Lin and Siavash Minaravesh