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I have been interested in painting, printing and dyeing fabrics for years and I am never tired of learning more and trying new things! I have had my workroom at home on our farm in Tuusula in southern Finland for some years. I am able to practice, work and also provide courses here on our farm.
Working with textile materials, especially old and recycled materials is very rewarding! By learning to use different kinds of dyeing and finishing methods one can modify and create something completely new, something unique and beautiful almost out of nothing. Using imagination and creativity makes you feel more at home. It is a way to build bridges and paths...
My will to become a textile designer and weaver has been a natural continuation of my interest in painting, colours and art. I want to be able to affect the feeling, structure and outcome of my fabrics and textile products as much as possible. I have had the following textile exhibition:
www.tuusula.fi/kalenteri/show.tmpl?id=3641&sivu_id=1035. You can take a closer look at my exhibition here:https://sites.google.com/view/vanhavaahtera/n%C3%A4yttelyit%C3%A4 I only used recycled or old white sheets as raw material.
Colours and dyes
Colours and dyes
At school we dyed colour maps using fiber reactive dyes on cotton.
We also made colour maps for wool using Telon dyes.
At school I learnt a lot about different kinds of textile dyes and dyeing methods which I had not used so much before. I have kept on experimenting at home: I have dyed old linen yarn, wool yarn, tried ikat dyeing, made discharge printing (= etsaus) both on cotton and wool fabrics, burn-printed (=polttopaino) curtains etc. There are many projects that I am working on right now.
Working on wool
Working on wool
I dyed the wool for this tablecloth which I wove on a computer loom at school.
This fabric I made during my studies. I painted and printed it with fiber reactive dyes. I used a silkscreen with my own repeatable picture on it. This fabric is called "Unipolku". I have a pattern based on this handmade piece of fabric.
Working on wool at school: painting, printing and discharge printing on wool fabric.
Discharge printed trees (= etsaus) on wool .
I made this curtain by using a burn printing technique. First I painted the tree on the fabric by using certain mixture of chemicals and then ironed and carefully hand-washed it. The cellulose in the fabric disappeared..
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