by Vilma Tammelin | Oct 19, 2021
THE SÁMI (LAPPS) CRAFTS ASSOCIATION The Sámi (Lapp) crafts association Sámi Duodji was established at Inari in 1975. It is an interest organization for this sector, actively arranging exhibitions, counselling and sales. The Sámi region vocational training centre,...
by Vilma Tammelin | Oct 19, 2021
MANUALS AND DESIGNS Several dozens handicrafts manuals and series of designs and patterns were published from the 1910s to the 1930s in response to a shortage of teaching materials. Photo: Suomen käsityön museo / Sami Kulju THE SCARF Hand-woven garment fabrics lost...
by Vilma Tammelin | Oct 19, 2021
THE ”FLAME” RYA The Friends of Finnish Handicraft and the Iris factory of Porvoo created the interior design of a room in the Finnish pavilion at the Paris World Fair of 1900. The artist Axel Gallén designed the Liekki (Flame) rya for the exhibition. This design can...
by Vilma Tammelin | Oct 18, 2021
THE FRIENDS OF FINNISH HANDICRAFT SOCIETY The painter Fanny Churberg established the Friends of Finnish Handicraft Society in 1879 “to promote Finnish handicrafts and to develop them in a patriotic and artistic direction”. In the 1880s Churberg created a...
by Vilma Tammelin | Oct 18, 2021
EMBROIDERY Handicraft skills were expected of all girls and young women from the age around ten onwards, regardless of class or birth. A middle-class girl had to demonstrate her skills and ability to be a housewife. Before making the actual trousseau, young women...
