Emmi Saavalainen: JUURET collection.
PHOTO: Emmi Lehtovirta (2024).
Guest artist 22.8.-20.10.2024
Riitta Turunen
The work on display in the home museum of textile artist Riitta Turunen is the KENTE series from 2021. The idea of the work is based on African kente fabrics, which are made by sewing woven strips together. "Similarly, I have also carried out these small jobs. Ethnic textiles are one source of inspiration that I draw from."
Riitta Turunen (b. 1957, Eno) lives and works in Heinävesi. She has designed and realized numerous public textile works and church textiles, the most recent of which are textiles for the Joensuu parish center and a multi-part rug work for the Ministry of Finance. Turunen has creditably developed new means of expression by applying traditional textile techniques and making versatile use of different materials. In 2022 Tekstiilitaiteilijat TEXO ry awarded Turunen the Textile Artist of the Year award.
Sustainable textile - New starting points
Virkki seminar 20.11.2024 at 13:00–16:00
PROGRAM
Introduction / EU textile strategy
Accelerate growth from the circular economy of textiles
Emilia Gädda , Suomen Tekstiili ja Muoti ry
Circular Design - learn circular economy
the basics of design
Marika Lehti , Design Forum Finland
Lapuan Kankurit - responsible textiles from our own weaving
chief designer Elina Helenius
BREAK 15-20 min
Culturally, socially and environmentally responsible textile-oriented Fashion Design
Justus Kantakoski , fashion designer
Juuret thesis collection
Emmi Saavalainen , LAB wearable design
Fashion Gardening Platform
Mari Nurmenniemi & Iiris Herttua , Softislab
Final words
Emmi Saavalainen: JUURET collection.
PHOTO: Emmi Lehtovirta (2024).
Guest artist 22.8.-20.10.2024
Riitta Turunen
The work on display in the home museum of textile artist Riitta Turunen is the KENTE series from 2021. The idea of the work is based on African kente fabrics, which are made by sewing woven strips together. "Similarly, I have also carried out these small jobs. Ethnic textiles are one source of inspiration that I draw from."
Riitta Turunen (b. 1957, Eno) lives and works in Heinävesi. She has designed and realized numerous public textile works and church textiles, the most recent of which are textiles for the Joensuu parish center and a multi-part rug work for the Ministry of Finance. Turunen has creditably developed new means of expression by applying traditional textile techniques and making versatile use of different materials. In 2022 Tekstiilitaiteilijat TEXO ry awarded Turunen the Textile Artist of the Year award.
Guest artist 22.8.-20.10.2024
Riitta Turunen
The work on display in the home museum of textile artist Riitta Turunen is the KENTE series from 2021. The idea of the work is based on African kente fabrics, which are made by sewing woven strips together. "Similarly, I have also carried out these small jobs. Ethnic textiles are one source of inspiration that I draw from."
Riitta Turunen (b. 1957, Eno) lives and works in Heinävesi. She has designed and realized numerous public textile works and church textiles, the most recent of which are textiles for the Joensuu parish center and a multi-part rug work for the Ministry of Finance. Turunen has creditably developed new means of expression by applying traditional textile techniques and making versatile use of different materials. In 2022 Tekstiilitaiteilijat TEXO ry awarded Turunen the Textile Artist of the Year award.
KENTE series from 2021
Guest artist 7.5.-16.6. 2024
Riikka Peltola
I am a 29-year-old clothing designer and textile artist (Aalto University, 2020) who focuses on knitting. The main thing in my work is to form a relationship with the textile material through slow work. The layers of time and memory are visible in the materials I use and their processing. The most fascinating thing about textile fibers is their vitality and fragility. In addition to making by hand, I work with industrial and manual knitting machines.
Guest artist 13.3.-3.5.2024
Marianne Huotari
Artist meeting 17.4. at 17-18
Registration by e-mail: info@virkkimuseo.com
Free entry - welcome!
Ceramic and textile artist Marianne Huotari (1986) is known for her ceramic works consisting of small pieces, which are inspired by hand-made traditions and textile surfaces. The works require countless repetitions and meditative working hours - the pieces are imprinted with Huotari's fingerprints. Her touching works are completed in the studio at Arabia's art department in Helsinki.
Kaino - sleeping swan 2017, 50x70cm, handmade and sewing, ceramics
Yarnish workshop at Virkki home museum 20.1.2024
Together with textile artist Riikka Peltola, Seams Helsinki organized a workshop in the home museum, where we tried out the basket weaving technique while learning together. Seams Helsinki is an open community that aims to promote a more sustainable fashion culture based on e.g. to locality. Riikka Peltola is a textile artist who graduated from the department of fashion at Aalto University and works with various soft fiber materials. Basket weaving technique is the handcraft technique of 2024 chosen by Taitoliitto.
Tyyne-Kerttu Virkki seminar
17.3. 2023 from 13:00 to 16:00
"Towards sustainable development textile's story renewed"
PÄIVÄLEHTEN MUSEUM / Auditorium, Ludviginkatu 2-4,
00130 Helsinki
The seminar continues the theme of the previous seminar (2020) and draws attention to the responsibility of fashion, clothing design and the textile industry: reducing textile waste and the possibilities of reusing textiles and the development of more environmentally friendly materials.
The problems of the current topic and the ongoing efforts are widely highlighted in the presentations of experts from different fields. The memorial seminar of handicraft adviser Tyyne-Kerttu Virkki, dealing with current themes, is being held now
20th time.
Participation is free
SCHEDULE
Initial words
Silja Koskimies, assistant
Tyyne-Kerttu Virkki Foundation
Sustainable growth of the textile and fashion industry:
under what conditions and how?
Marja-Liisa Niinikoski, CEO
Suomen Tekstiili & Muoti ry
A dream of sustainable textile systems
Minna Halme, professor
Aalto University, FinixAalto
Product development that supports nature
- cattail down as material
Fluff Stuff Oy
Utilization of household waste textiles
as a domestic raw material
Anna Garton, removal textile expert
Southwest Finland Waste Management
Creating a collection from waste textiles and cutting waste by means of braiding
Katariina Rainio, designer
Visible mending - darning as mending
Minttu Wikberg, textile artist
Wallpaper: AALTO 21 show