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5.11. – 12.11.2023
Hakkuu Art Exhibition, outdoors in Stansvik Forest, Helsinki, FI

2.11. – 2.12.2023
The Space Between, Magan Gallery, 16 Trinity Road, London, UK

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jewelry/art made from recycled plastic bags

Bread Basket 3 brooch 2023 Bread bags, hemp string

Bread Basket 3
brooch 2023
Bread bags, hemp string
8x8x4cm, string about 90cm
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#contemporaryjewelry #ContemporaryCraft #ContemporaryBasketry #WasteArt #AnthropoceneArtifact #madefromwhat #plasticbags #upcyclingplastic #Plasticbasketry #ChooseToReuse #LowWasteArtist #ourdailybread #breadbags

Bread Basket 2 brooch 2023 Bread bags, mechanism f

Bread Basket 2
brooch 2023
Bread bags, mechanism from stainless steel
8cm in diameter
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#contemporaryjewelry #ContemporaryCraft #ContemporaryBasketry #WasteArt #AnthropoceneArtifact #madefromwhat #plasticbags #upcyclingplastic #Plasticbasketry #ChooseToReuse #LowWasteArtist #ourdailybread #breadbags

Bread Basket 1 brooch 2023 Bread bags, mechanism f

Bread Basket 1
brooch 2023
Bread bags, mechanism from stainless steel
6 x 6,5 x 2cm
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#contemporaryjewelry #ContemporaryCraft #ContemporaryBasketry #WasteArt #AnthropoceneArtifact #madefromwhat #plasticbags
#upcyclingplastic #Plasticbasketry #ChooseToReuse #LowWasteArtist #ourdailybread #breadbags

Making of Bread Basket brooch no. 5 . . . . . #mad

Making of Bread Basket brooch no. 5
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#madefromwhat #plasticbags #contemporaryjewelry #ContemporaryCraft #basketry #coiling #wasteart #LowWasteArtist #breadbags #remake

Point Blank veistos/sculpture, 2015 plastic bags,

Point Blank
veistos/sculpture, 2015
plastic bags, wire, wood

Warning Call
sculpture, 2015
plastic bags, wire, wood

[English below] Muovipussista tehdyt lintuveistokset nostavat esille mukavuus- ja voitto-orientoitunutta kulutusyhteiskuntaa vastaan tulevat planetaariset rajat. Liian kauan luonto ja sen itseisarvo on ollut nykyihmiselle sivuajatus. Tärkeät biotoopit voidaan vaikka suojellakin, mutta vain niin kauan kuin se ei vähennä kasvua ja seuraavien kvartaalien voittoa. Muussa tapauksessa ne voi sivuuttaa, kyseenalaistaa tai mitätöidä. Sukupuuttoaallon ja ilmastokriisin keskellä tämän pitäisi mennä kuitenkin toisin päin: meitä kantavien ekosysteemien hyvinvointi ja sen kautta myös tulevien ihmis- ja muiden olioiden sukupolvien hyvä ja tarkoituksellinen elämä tulisi olla keskipisteessä, aina.

These bird sculptures made from plastic bags highlight how our convenience and profit-oriented consumer society encounters planetary boundaries. For too long nature and its intrinsic values have been just an afterthought. Important biotopes may be protected, but only as long as that doesn't conflict with growth or profits. Then protections (if they exist) can be ignored, questioned or even repealed. But in the midst of the biodiversity and climate crises, it should be exactly the opposite: the well-being of the ecosystems that support us and, through it, also the valuable and purposeful life of future generations of humans and other living creatures, should be at the center, always.

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Find these and works of 24 more artists at Stansvik old growth forest in Helsinki in the outdoor exhibtion HAKKUU until this Sunday, 12.11.2023!
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@suojellaanstansvik
#activistart #madefromwhat #plasticbags stansvik #environmentalart #sculpture #artfromplasticbags #wasteart #anthropocene

"Welcome to HAKKUU art exhibition, where we celebr

"Welcome to HAKKUU art exhibition, where we celebrate that the logging in Stansvik have been suspended.

We invite you to wander to the wonderland of logged reality, environment and mind. In our distorted reality, illegal is legal and insane is sane, anything can be possible.
" - @suojellaanstansvik

I have the wonderful possibility to, on very short notice, take part in a weeklong outdoor exhibition in the ecologically extremely significant Stansvik old growth forest in Helsinki which had started to be logged. While the logging has been suspended at least for now thanks to strong opposition of activists of different groups, the fate of the forest is still uncertain. If you live in Finland, have a look at the petition and see if you don't think it's worth signing (adressit.com --> Stansvikin metsä säästettävä rakentamiselta / link in bio)

While the opening day was yesterday, you can still see the works of 25 artists outside in the forest until next Sunday, 12.11.!
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#activistart #environmentalart #wasteart #anthropocene #outdoorexhibition

A true Blast from the Past that I've had the possi

A true Blast from the Past that I've had the possibility to pull into the present yesterday!

Warning Call and Point Blank are two small sculptures from 2015
made from plastic bags, wire, wood

They have been slightly reworked to withstand the outdoors for a week and can be seen as part of HAKKUU art exhibition that is on now in Stansvik Forest in Helsinki! Go have a look at an amazingly beautiful and valuable forest and artworks of 25 artists while you're at it!
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@suojellaanstansvik
#activistart #madefromwhat #plasticbags #stansvik #environmentalart #sculpture #artfromplasticbags #wasteart #anthropocene

Bread Basket 2 brooch 2023 Bread bags, mechanism f

Bread Basket 2
brooch 2023
Bread bags, mechanism from stainless steel
8cm in diameter
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#contemporaryjewelry #ContemporaryCraft #ContemporaryBasketry
#WasteArt #AnthropoceneArtifact #madefromwhat #plasticbags
#upcyclingplastic #Plasticbasketry #ChooseToReuse #LowWasteArtist
#ourdailybread #breadbags

Once again I have the honour to be part of a group

Once again I have the honour to be part of a group exhibition through Precious Collective <3

'The Space Between'
opens on 2nd November at the Magan Gallery, 16 Trinity Road, London
and will run until the 2nd December 2023
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@precious.collective @magan_gallery_london the space between #contemporaryjewelry #jewelryart #whatisprecious #jewelryexhibition

Bread Basket 1 brooch 2023 bread bags, mechanism f

Bread Basket 1
brooch 2023
bread bags, mechanism from stainless steel
6 x 6,5 x 2cm
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#contemporaryjewelry #ContemporaryCraft #ContemporaryBasketry
#WasteArt #AnthropoceneArtifact #madefromwhat #plasticbags
#upcyclingplastic #Plasticbasketry #ChooseToReuse #LowWasteArtist #ourdailybread #breadbags

Overflowing 3 Bowl, 2023 Plastic bags about 13,5cm

Overflowing 3
Bowl, 2023
Plastic bags
about 13,5cm in diameter
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#madefromwhat #plasticbags #upcycling #ContemporaryCraft #LowWasteArtist
#materialfocused #artfromwaste #basketry #contemporarybasketry

Overflowing 2 Bowl, 2023 Plastic bags about 12cm i

Overflowing 2
Bowl, 2023
Plastic bags
about 12cm in diameter
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#madefromwhat #plasticbags #upcycling #ContemporaryCraft #LowWasteArtist
#materialfocused #artfromwaste #basketry #contemporarybasketry

Overflowing 1 Bowl, 2023 Plastic bags about 13,5cm

Overflowing 1
Bowl, 2023
Plastic bags
about 13,5cm in diameter
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#madefromwhat #plasticbags #upcycling #ContemporaryCraft #LowWasteArtist
#materialfocused #artfromwaste #basketry #contemporarybasketry

Overflowing 3 Bowl, 2023 Plastic bags . . . . . #m

Overflowing 3
Bowl, 2023
Plastic bags
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#madefromwhat #plasticbags #upcycling #ContemporaryCraft #LowWasteArtist #materialfocused #artfromwaste #basketry #contemporarybasketry

Overflowing 2 Bowl, 2023 Plastic bag . . . . . #ma

Overflowing 2
Bowl, 2023
Plastic bag
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#madefromwhat #plasticbags #upcycling #ContemporaryCraft #LowWasteArtist #materialfocused #artfromwaste #basketry #contemporarybasketry

Overflowing 1 Bowl, 2023 Plastic bag . . . . . #ma

Overflowing 1
Bowl, 2023
Plastic bag
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#madefromwhat #plasticbags #upcycling #ContemporaryCraft #LowWasteArtist #materialfocused #artfromwaste #basketry #contemporarybasketry

And one more post for the Poetry in Ocean exhibiti

And one more post for the Poetry in Ocean exhibition that is open now at Gill Wing Jewellery in London until August 23rd, combining ocean themed poetry and jewellery!
This is an older piece of mine that I'm really fond of but which has not been in that many exhibitions, so I am really happy that it can be part of this showcase!
This is:

Torrent
necklace, 2016
plastic bags, pebbles, driftwood

In the second picture it is beautifully modelled by @yit0u and photographed by @mikkojoona <3
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@gillwingjewellery
#WearableArt #WasteArt #LowWasteArtist #AnthropoceneArtifacts #jewelryartexhibition #madefromwhat #plasticbags #upcycling #driftwood #oceaninspired

Today the jewelry showcase 'Poetry in Ocean' is op

Today the jewelry showcase 'Poetry in Ocean' is opening at Gill Wing Jewelry in London with a poetry reading. One of my pieces presented, the 'Meeting the Beach' brooch, is inspired by a poem of Hannele Luhtasela and I thought it might be nice to include a reading of their poem for this occasion, too.
This is not a thing I normally do and I still find it hard to hear my
own voice, but i really tried not to mangle this completely 😅

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Meeting the Beach
brooch 2023
plastic bags, pebbles, driftwood, stainless steel

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Hannele Luhtasela
on worthing beach

the sea is turquoise and endless.
it looks tranquil
as its heaving, heavy breaths
deposit uprooted seaweed on the shore
like a purring, sweet cat
leaving its bleeding gifts
on the doorstep.

in a warm pocket of stillness
behind a half-buried groyne
i pick up a piece of chalk
from among the plentiful pebbles,
draw wide, white lines
on my sun-flushed skin
perpendicular to the horizon.

i choose another small piece
to take with me
to bring me back to this sound
of pebbles washed against pebbles,
all these rounded, soft edges,
later: but i've just started
to relearn

that sometimes
i must live
without later.
so i draw a line
across my chest
then empty all my pockets
of stones.

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@gillwingjewellery @poetry_by_hannes
#contemporaryjewelry #oceaninspired #poetryandjewelry #madefromwhat #plasticbags #LowWasteArtist #wasteart #wearableart #upcycling #driftwood pebbles #anthropoceneartifacts

Very happy that an exhibition with the lovely prem

Very happy that an exhibition with the lovely premise of combining contemporary jewelry with poetry, will open tomorrow evening in London 🤩
There will be a poetry reading by Louise Walker tomorrow for the opening 🌊❤️
Check out the full poster and artist list in my 'current events' stories
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@gillwingjewellery #contemporaryjewelry #jewelryexhibition #poetry #oceanpoetry

Scrunching up some last plastic bag t-shirts so I

Scrunching up some last plastic bag t-shirts so I can finally be done with this big.... Head-neck-thing
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#madefromwhat #plasticbags #fastfashion #wearablesculpture #contemporaryjewelry

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