Finnish December Diary is a fibre/paper art diary I created between the 2nd and 31st
of December 2018, during "Silence Awareness Existence" Art Residency at Arteles Creative Center, Finland. The project consists of 30 fibre /paper art pieces (including two triptychs and a diptych).
of December 2018, during "Silence Awareness Existence" Art Residency at Arteles Creative Center, Finland. The project consists of 30 fibre /paper art pieces (including two triptychs and a diptych).
I have received Travel and Training Award 2018 for the realisation of this project, granted by the Arts Council of Ireland.
Day 1 (2nd of December) - Travelling Basket. Arrival
Materials: various packages picked on the way to Finland, mostly at the Heathrow airport (food packages). Some materials I brought with me from Ireland, like the wires wrapped in paper, for the skeleton of the basket.
Dimensions: 17 x 17 x 6cm
Techniques: basket making
Day 2 (3nd of December) - Warm Greys
Materials: ash coloured pulp (lokta fibres and an ash paper fruit tray from Tesco), Finnish plant fibres, a black paper found at Arteles, paper and metallic threads.
Dimensions: 21 x 30cm
Techniques: paper making with inclusions
Day 3 (4nd of December) - Colours of Dusk
Materials: ash coloured pulp, various bits of paper as inclusions.
Dimensions: 21 x 30cm
Techniques: paper making with inclusions
Day 4 (5th of December) - A Lullaby for Liz. The First Starry Night
Materials: ash coloured pulp, black paper and silver crepe paper as inclusions, silver Japanese thread.
Dimensions: 21 x 30cm
Techniques: paper making with inclusions, embroidery with metallic thread
(French knot)
(French knot)
Day 5 (6th of December) - Where the Rakers Sleep (a triptych)
Materials: ash coloured pulp, leaves, lokta fibre (sheet)
Dimensions: 21 x 30cm (each piece)
Techniques: paper making with inclusions, layering
Day 6 (7th of December) - Softened
Materials: paper pulp (ash and beige), dead spruce twigs
Dimensions: 21 x 30 x 3cm
Techniques: paper making and my own techniques
Day 7 (8th of December) - ...
Materials: paper pulp (ash and white)
Dimensions: 21 x 30 x 1.5cm
Techniques: paper making and my own techniques
Day 8 (9th of December) - Salt and Pepper Day
Materials: paper pulp (beige and ash), lokta sheet, salt and pepper
Dimensions: 21 x 30cm
Techniques: paper making and my own techniques
Day 9 (10th of December) - Calling Silent Friends
Materials: paper pulp (white), lokta sheet, birch bark (from a dead tree), pieces
of fabrics, linen fibres, pieces of paper and paper raffia
of fabrics, linen fibres, pieces of paper and paper raffia
Dimensions: 21 x 30cm
Techniques: paper making and my own techniques
Day 10 (11th of December) - Weaving a Perfect Day?
Materials: paper pulp (beige), linen thread - warp, nettle threads in various colours - weft
Dimensions: 21 x 30cm
Dimensions: 21 x 30cm
Techniques: weaving, paper making and my own techniques
Day 11 (12th of December) - Warm Skin
Materials: paper pulp (orange), bark from a dead branch I found in a field
Dimensions: 19 x 11 x 4cm
Dimensions: 19 x 11 x 4cm
Techniques: paper making and my own techniques
Day 12 (13th of December) - Longing Belonging
Materials: paper pulp (orange, green and ash), lokta sheet, twigs, a piece of white paper, a dead wasp I found on my window sill.
Dimensions: 21 x 30cm
Techniques: paper making and my own techniques
Materials: paper pulp (orange, green and ash), lokta sheet, twigs, a piece of white paper, a dead wasp I found on my window sill.
Dimensions: 21 x 30cm
Techniques: paper making and my own techniques
Day 13 (14th of December) - Trapped in Silence and Harmony of the Right Thing
Materials:
Paper pulp (orange, white and ash), paper thread - Trapped in Silence
Paper pulp (orange white and blue), pieces of fabrics, linen fibres, lokta sheet - Harmony of the Right Thing
Paper pulp (orange, white and ash), paper thread - Trapped in Silence
Paper pulp (orange white and blue), pieces of fabrics, linen fibres, lokta sheet - Harmony of the Right Thing
Dimensions: 21 x 30cm (each piece)
Techniques: paper making and my own techniques
Day 14 (15th of December) - The Little Orange Sun for the Master
Materials: paper pulp (orange and white), turmeric powder
Dimensions: 13.5 x 13.5 x 4cm
Techniques: paper making and my own techniques
Day 15 (16th of December) - Ja Min's Teas
Materials: paper pulp (beige, orange), bits of various teas from Ja Min, lokta sheet, pieces of paper.
Dimensions: 21 x 30cm
Techniques: paper making and my own techniques
Day 16 (17th of December) - Scented Embrace
Materials: paper pulp (orange), birch bark - from a dead tree, lokta paper yarn,
paper raffia, a piece of bark from another tree found in a pile of sauna wood.
paper raffia, a piece of bark from another tree found in a pile of sauna wood.
Dimensions: 17 x 6.5 x 5cm
Techniques: paper making and my own techniques
Day 17 (18th of December) - Seven Layers of Silence
Materials: paper pulp (white), black & white printed photograph I took in the woods near Arteles, lokta sheet, paper thread, twigs, lokta paper yarn, metallic thread.
Dimensions: 30 x 21cm
Techniques: paper making and my own techniques
Day 18 (19th of December) - Looking for the Colour
Materials: paper pulp (white and brown), black & white printed photograph I took
in the Ritajärvi nature reserve in Sastamala, a small branch found in the woods
in the Ritajärvi nature reserve in Sastamala, a small branch found in the woods
Dimensions: 30 x 21cm
Techniques: paper making and my own techniques
Day 19 (20th of December) - Moments Never Shared
Materials: empty tea bags, tree bark, paper pulp (white, beige, orange, brown, green, blue, ash) - all my pulp selection placed in the empty tea bags
Dimensions: 13 x 17 x 5cm
Techniques: paper making and my own techniques
Day 20 (21st of December) - Clean Dirt. Sauna and Salmiakki
Materials: paper pulp (beige), lokta sheet, ashes from Arteles sauna stove, a few drops of Salmiakki.
Dimensions: 30 x 21cm
Techniques: paper making and my own techniques
Day 21 (22nd of December) - Sabbatical Many Things
Materials: paper pulp (beige, blue, ash and beige with added turmeric), dried sunflower petals I got from my friend Thomas, a plant with grey/silver leaves I found at Arteles.
Dimensions: 21 x 30cm
Techniques: paper making and my own techniques
Day 22 (23nd of December) - Hiding in work
Materials: paper pulp (beige), linen thread, a cardboard tube for stiffening.
Dimensions: 25 x 6 x 4cm
Techniques: paper making, knitting and my own techniques
Day 23 (24th of December) - Everybody to Themself
Materials: paper pulp (brown and white) 11 umbels of unidentified Finnish plant
Dimensions: 30 x 21cm
Techniques: paper making and my own techniques
Day 24 (25th of December) - Sauna in the Frozen Morning
Materials: paper pulp (white), lokta sheet, birch and eucalyptus leaves from sauna vihta.
Dimensions: 21 x 30cm
Techniques: paper making and my own techniques
Day 25 (26th of December) - Some Open Houses
Materials: paper pulp (white), lokta sheet, black and white photos I took
of the participants in their rooms (with parts of the photos coloured with markers), pieces of various papers.
of the participants in their rooms (with parts of the photos coloured with markers), pieces of various papers.
Dimensions: 21 x 30cm
Techniques: paper making and my own techniques
Day 26 (27th of December) - The Sacrifice
Materials: paper pulp (ash, orange and brown), lokta sheet, butternut squash slice
and seeds
and seeds
Dimensions: 21 x 30cm
Techniques: paper making and my own techniques
Day 27 (28th of December) - The Sauna Team
Materials: paper pulp (beige), lokta sheet, ashes from our sauna, salmiakki, one birch leaf from vihta.
Dimensions: 21 x 30cm
Techniques: paper making and my own techniques
Day 28 (29th of December) - Messages
Materials: small canvas panels found in Arteles art supplies closet, spruce bark found on the ground near Arteles
Dimensions: 10.2 x 10.2 cm (each piece)
Techniques: my own technique
Day 29 (30th of December) - Arteles Uncombed - a triptych
Materials: paper pulp - various colours, small pieces of various papers with drawings and writings by Arteles December 2018 residents, printed photographs I took of the residents in various situations through the month, lokta sheet.
Dimensions: ca.18.5 x 23.5cm (each piece)
Techniques: paper making and my own techniques
Day 30 (31st of December) - Deer oh Deer
Materials: deer droppings, two leaves found on Arteles grounds, small amount of beige paper pulp
Dimensions: 18 x 16cm
Techniques: paper making with inclusions
