Visiting – Design Village Fiskars

Design Village Fiskars on show in Joensuu: Arts and Crafts, Design and Visual Art from the Fiskars Ironworks

Taitokortteli
Visiting — Design Village Fiskars 29.5.–14.8.2010
Koskikatu 1, 80100 Joensuu, www.taitokortteli.fi
Open Mon – Fri 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. , Sat 10 am – 3 pm, and Sun noon – 4 pm in July.

The Cooperative of Artisans, Designers and Artists in Fiskars is a unique creative community whose members live or work at the former Fiskars Ironworks in the western part of the Uusimaa Region in South Finland. Founded in 1996 and currently having 119 members, the cooperative stages high-standard exhibitions of crafts, design and visual art throughout the year. During the summer months, a group of the Cooperative's members will display their work at the Aitta venue in the Taitokortteli in Joensuu, East Finland. On show will be products and works by over thirty members, featuring ceramics, utility objects of wood, jewellery, textile products, works in glass, visual art and photography etc.

Participants

ceramist Erna Aaltonen
master blacksmith Upi Anttila
textile designer Soili Arha
ceramist Nanna Bayer
cabinetmaker Marko Escartin
interior architect Simo Heikkilä
industrial designer Hannu Hjerppe
visual artist and set designer Hanne Horte
art printer and papermaker Erja Huovila
photographic artist Sade Kahra
cabinetmaker Petri Koivusipilä
interior architect Markku Kosonen
industrial designer Barbro Kulvik
designer and master goldsmith Elina Makkonen
cabinetmaker Rudi Merz
industrial designer Camilla Moberg
master goldsmith and designer Timo Mustajärvi

textile designer Pia Nieminen
stonemason Mari Ojala
author Jusa Peltoniemi
cabinetmaker Tuulia Penttilä
fashion designer Milvi Pesari
ceramist Liisa Rissanen
industrial designer Perttu Rista
master goldsmith Kristian Saarikorpi
ceramist Anneli Sainio
textile designer Rutsuko Sakata
ceramist Mika Sarasjoki
ceramist Riitta Talonpoika
jeweller Ari Turunen
knitwear designer Tiina Tuunanen
cabinet maker Kari Virtanen / Nikari Oy
ceramist Karin Widnäs
visual artist Katja Öhrnberg