Next solo exhibition will be at Fiskars Village 30.9-26.10. Solo in that way, that I will be the only fine artist at the space, but Olli Kari and Laura Katila will be releasing their new sound sculpture, the musical project, which is based on the sounds of my sculpting. Interested project indeed, stay tuned! I will exhibit my new way of sculpting the copper. Some bronze will be coming up as well.

Nexus Unitas
Veistosinstallaatio
Pronssi, kivi, puu –2025

Teos on esillä näyttelyssä UTOPIA,
Fiskarsin kesänäyttely 2025
15.6.–31.8.

On ilo olla mukana Onoman kesänäyttelyssä Fiskarsin ruukissa.
Olen iloinen, että tämä teos on valittu mukaan näyttelyyn, joka tutkii kuviteltuja tulevaisuuksia, spekulatiivisia maailmoja sekä ihmisen, teknologian ja tuntemattoman rajapintoja.

Näyttelyssä kohtaa myös yhteistyömme Reetta Rannan kanssa. Hänen installaationsa vie katsojan pyhien puiden ja niihin liittyvien kertomusten äärelle.

Näyttelyn on kuratoinut Anna Ruuth
Järjestäjinä @onomaexhibitions @onomagram
Pronssivalun toteutti Taidevalimo

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Nexus Unitas
Sculpture installation
Bronze, stone, wood – 2025

This will be exhibited in UTOPIA,
Fiskars Summer Exhibition 2025
15.6.–31.8.

I’m glad to be part of the summer exhibition at Fiskars Village
I’m honored to have this work included in a show that explores imagined futures, speculative worlds, and the space where humanity, technology, and the unknown coverge.

I’m also co-working with Reetta Ranta, whose installation explores sacred trees and the folklores behind them.

The exhibition is curated by Anna Ruuth
Organized by @onomaexhibitions @onomagram
Bronze casting by Taidevalimo

Group exhibition is open Wed-Thu 12-17 till 29.9.

A lot has been happened since the last post. The Swamp man is now casted in bronze, and some of the new sculptures has been born and some of them are in progress. I finished the studies in Turku Academy of Arts, and I am officially now Bachelor of Fine Arts. My written bachelor´s thesis was about the bronze casting, and how it has been evolved through the millenia.

Link to my thesis Pronssivalu ennen ja nyt, pronssiveistos ikuisuuden symbolina/ Bronze casting before and now -bronze sculpture as
a symbol of eternity: https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2023120735187

Some pictures of the Swamp man below. the sculpture will live still, and i recently casted some extra elements on it. The release of the Swamp man will be in my solo exhibition at Walleniuksen Wapriikki 19.6.- 14.7. 2024. More info about the exhibition will follow later!

So we casted the “Swamp man” in Taidevalimo, Säkylä, Finland. The whole process was made together with Tomi Sinisalo and Hanna Makkonen. Here is a set of photos from the casting process. The sculpture was cut in two pieces and was in two casting molds. During the September, we are going to weld the pieces together and I will start working with the bronze and fade away the marks of the casting process from the final surface.

Here are two photos after opening the molds and cleaning the raw bronze. The casting channels are still on place and will be removed at first.

Heinäkuu/ July 1.-16.7 Group exhibition with Sissi Kahila, Kaapo Manninen, Taidetila Kivisavu, PINSIÖ, NOKIA www.kivisavu.com. Avoinna joka päivä klo 12-17

Elokuu/ August 4.- 27.8, Group exhibition, Polymorfism, Teijon kulttuurimeijeri www.kulttuurimeijeri.com. Avoinna ke-su klo 11-17

I have been working a life size sculpture with a title name “Swamp man”. I finished the sculpture in clay, and we built the mold already with Tomi Sinisalo from Taidevalimo, Säkylä, Finland. During the summer we are going to carry on the process of casting it into the bronze. The sculpture is part of my thesis in Turku academy of arts. The sculpture is based on poem i wrote.

Suosta nousee mies. Olemus nuorehko, keski-ikäinen korkeintaan.
Hiukset pitkät, kihartuvat. Parta ajamaton.
Vartalonsa hoikka ja riutunut, joskus elinvoimaa uhkuneet lihakset vielä paikoillaan. Kasvot uurteiset, ahavoituneet.
Mies tulee kohti, lähemmäs.
Tahmein askelin suon upottavuudessa, mustat linnut kannoillaan.
Katse kaukaisuudessa, jossain loputtomuudessa, hakien suon reunaa.
Takana suon aavaa, kitukasvuisia mäntyjä, kaukaisia pilviä, entistä.
Mistä mies on tullut, mihin menossa?
Kauanko maannut suon sylissä?
Uudelleen syntynyt, liekö kuollutkaan.

A man rises from the swamp. Being youthful, middle-aged at most.
Hair long, curly. Unshaven.
His body is slim and toned, the muscles that once drained of vitality are still in place. Face furrowed, scarred.
The man comes towards, closer.
With sticky steps in the submergence of the swamp, black birds on his heels.
Look in the distance, somewhere in infinity, searching for the edge of the swamp.
Behind the open marsh, stunted pines, distant clouds, the past.
Where did the man come from, where is he going?
How long have you been lying in the bosom of the swamp?
Born again, even dead.

Here are some photos to see it in clay.

Molding process with the master Sinisalo from Taidevalimo www.taidevalimo.fi

I have been pretty busy with the new works and studies, so i havent been posting much.
I had a solo exhibition in Pesula, Fiskars on May 2023, was part of the group exhibition in Turku on April 2023, i burnt some ceramics and finished some bronze statues.
some photos here to see:

I have been studying last 6 months in Turku academy of arts, and I has been able to use the schools sculpture working spaces. Its a first time since the childhood I have been working on with the process of doing my sculptures in ceramic. A plenty of new tricks for making the clay sculptures to survive the burning process. Totally different story to create the ceramic sculpture comparing to make the mold from the clay sculpture. Interesting indeed!

Turku academy of arts is the oldest art academy in Finland and firsts documents of the art school are from 1708. The school as we know it now, has been founded in 1830.

Here i use natrium sulfid to make the bronze darker. I first polished all the finished statue and then add it, heating the bronze to make the darker effect. I do this in many layers, little by little. After making the patina almost black, i start to polish the sculpture to bring the highlights more visible.

With this one, i first polished and fixed the casting errors, then added natrium sulfid and the nitrid acid mix to bring out the green patina which looks almost like a moss. Classic dark greenish bronze statue patina.