Sari Kettunen
- Textile and Fibre Art
- Textile Design
- Crafts
- Visual Art
- Artist
- Craftsperson
- Päijät-Häme
Sari Kettunen Art
- Competent
I am textile artist Sari Kettunen and I want to help you create comfortable homes and offices with the help of responsibly created textile art.
I am fascinated by old stories and folk art in its various forms. For thousands of years, they have conveyed things about being human and culture. Most of all, however, I get inspiration from the wonderful nature around us. It is a bottomless source of creativity.
My way of working is experimental, but also striving for perfection. I want to learn something new as each artwork progresses. I enjoy the technical side of weaving and the limitations of technology that I always want to overcome. I want each of my works to be meaningfully appealing and skilfully executed.
Experience
Work experience
Updated 11/2023
Sari Kettunen Art
Textile Artist, Entrepreneur
2015 – present
Kulman Kankaat
Textile Designer, Artisan
2002 – 2014
Hämeenlinna, Historical Museum
Museum Assistant
2000 – 2001
Tekstiiliverstas
Industrial Weaver
1999 – 1999
Education
Updated 11/2023
Turku University of Applied Sciences
Master of Culture and Arts
2020 – 2022
Häme University of Applied Sciences
Bachelor of Textile Design
1997 – 2001
Works
I explore the theme of understanding through making things with hands.
Making and interpreting an artwork is strongly related to the senses, but how does a machine that has no senses understand? In my artwork, I considered the questions of intellect and understanding. Both the elderly people with their challenges of remembering and the limitlessness of children’s imaginations inspire me. In both cases, the world appears surprising and incomprehensible in a new way. My artwork invites the viewer to reflect on their observations and expand the dimensions of understanding.
https://sarikettunenart.com/?product=art-acoustics-kasittaja-ii&lang=en
Weaving
2023
The artwork deals with a person’s ability to create meaningful entities from their observations, with the help of which they can understand the world.
The artwork entices the viewer to think about what he/she sees in the artwork and what kind of interpretations he/she makes of what he sees. Through a artwork made by hands, insights and new worlds of understanding open up for the human viewer. But how does a machine’s intelligence, which is based on codes instead of sensory perceptions, understand the same artwork? The artwork participates in the discussion about the nature and differences between human intelligence and artificial intelligence.
https://sarikettunenart.com/?product=kasittaja-1-2&lang=en
Weaving
2024
The Land of the Giants is an artwork whose rolling landscape consists of three parts.
It evokes images of the worlds of mythical stories and invites the viewer to think about our primitive connection with nature. The artwork exudes strength and respect for the elements of nature, while offering the opportunity to reflect on our own place as part of a larger whole. The series invites us to stop and wander in our minds into worlds where mysticism and nature are intertwined.The artwork is hand-woven using sheep’s wool and GOTS-certified organic cotton. It is completely plastic-free and made in an environmentally friendly and ethical manner. The acoustic element inside the artwork improves the space’s acoustics. In indicative testing, it has received absorption class B (ISO 354:2003, EN ISO 11654:1997).
https://sarikettunenart.com/?product=art-acoustics-land-of-giants&lang=en
Weaving
2022
Evening on the shore of Lake Kalliojärvi will take you on a wonderful journey to the beauty of nature.
The ensemble formed by four artworks depicts a mystical atmosphere on the shore of a wilderness lake.The artworks are hand-woven using Finnish sheep’s wool dyed with natural colors and GOTS-certified organic cotton. Each piece is completely plastic-free and made in an environmentally friendly and ethical manner. The artworks bring representativeness and coziness to the space, and the acoustic element integrated into them improves the space’s acoustics. In testing, they have received absorption class B (ISO 354:2003, EN ISO 11654:1997).
https://sarikettunenart.com/?product=evening-on-the-shore-of-lake-kalliojarvi&lang=en
Weaving
2022
The main star of Eden’s summer is the gently burning sun
The Sun illuminates the meadow where the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil and the Tree of Life grow. That Sun invites us to surrender to the light.
https://sarikettunenart.com/?product=unique-woven-artwork-summer-of-eden&lang=en
Weaving
2023
Created by Gaia is a artwork that makes our eyes linger in the beautiful union of sky, mountains and sea.
Created by Gaia is an ensemble formed by two artworks that combine one of the creation mythologies, the wonderful forms of nature and concern for the state of our environment. The pieces are woven by hand from Finnish sheep’s wool dyed with natural colors, biodynamically produced wool and GOTS-certified organic cotton. The entire work is plastic-free and environmental aspects and ethics have been taken into account in all stages of production. An acoustic element is integrated into the artwork (abrobtion class B).
Weaving