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From father to son

To write tags and do pieces on public property has been done since the dawn of man. Some of you like it, some of you don´t. I say, as long as you have a reason for what you do and understand your aesthetic responsibility, go for it, go out, do graffiti, do street art, make people have an opinion!

This installation is (hopefully still) on display in Suvilahti, Helsinki, at the skate park. In Suvilahti you can find the largest legal graffiti walls in Finland. This installation may also be the smallest piece made by the smallest people ever there, or maybe anywhere.

The bus stop pt. 5

Anders Skage
This is Anders, he is 15 years old and loves to hang around town. Today he got in trouble at school because another pupil claimed he had stolen some money. He got really upset and left the school. He always get the blame of everything and he would never steal. Now he is waiting for the bus to anywhere.




Pieni Roobertinkatu, Helsinki, Finland


A link to the first bus stop

Min morgon tv interview (in Swedish)

Here comes the tv interview. I am the first guest so just start the clip and enjoy. If it doesn´t work outside of Finland I am sorry but then I will try to get it and put it up for you.

All in all I had a good time at the Min Morgon studio and got a great breakfast the minute I arrived. Thanks to the hostess Soxxy! Then I got a make-up on and to the interview I went. The 10 minutes of fame felt short but I felt like I gave them a pretty good picture of what I was doing.

Regarding the radio interview, I can now promise you a version of it that is listenable everywhere. Hopefully it will be sent to me today.

The TV interview

The bus stop pt. 4

Vlada Petrović

Vlada is a businessman in the city of Split in Croatia. He´s family lives in Sumartin so he has to commute. Now it is sunday and he is waiting for the bus that takes him to the ferry that takes him to his apartment in Split. The next weekend it is his daughter´s 10th birthday and on friday he will bring her a gift.




D113, Sumartin, Croatia


Link to the first bus stop

The bus stop pt. 2

Merja and her son Iivari
Merja is a student, she is also a 34 year old single mother. Tonight she is working so that she can pay her landlord the rent. Her son Iivari is often with her because they don´t have any family that can take care of him. All of this is only temporary, explains Merja.




Eteläesplanadi, Helsinki, Finland


A closer look on the characters Here
A link to the first bus stop

The bus stop pt. 1

In the following blog posts I will present to you different characters that just are waiting for the bus. This is part 1.

The war veteran
This is Matti, he is a marine war veteran from the war in Afghanistan. He is 42 years old and lives in a little flat with his wife and dog Hugo. Matti works as a cleaner for a big corporation but today he is going to a fundraising ball.


Raastuvankatu, Vaasa, Finland



Jussi from Teuva
Here is Jussi from Teuva, today he is visiting the city of Vaasa to meet an old friend. He is a very calm man in his early 30´s. He lives with his parents and works on a big fur farm.





Hartmaninkuja, Vaasa, Finland

Jussi wears an old traditional Jussi shirt that has it´s origins from southern Ostrobothnia. You can read more about this shirt in wikipedia right here. And see a nice fashion photo shoot with it here.

Heavy planing

In my head there is some heavy planing going on. As I told you I took a bunch of photos and by now I have almost everything ready in my head. Now I just should start baking. It will be the biggest thing I have done so far and I am really excited to see the result.

Finnish children of war in Sweden

During the second world war 72 000 Finnish children were sent oversea to Finland´s neighbour country Sweden. There the children got foster parents and about 15 000 of the children got adopted and did not return to Finland.


Finland is very thankful and by this monument in Stockholm, Sweden we are remembered of the noble deed the people of Sweden did by fighting on Finland´s side and taking care of the finnish children.



No matter were we come from we are all equal and are to be helped in need.





Peace and Love!

Minimal Street Art - Live

As I promised you I would do my next characters on the spot, baking and painting. The main plan was to make them on the streets of Helsinki but that plan did not work out due to the lack of time in Helsinki.
But now I have done it here in Vaasa. It was a very interesting project and I will definitely do it again!

The first characters I made I also filmed. As you maybe can see in the video there was some rain coming down, but that didn´t stop me.



It was really easy to paint on the soft characters which I earlier had some doubts about.



The paint did also dry pretty fast so I had no problem painting on the newly painted areas. My only concern was the rain.

And here comes the video of the making and baking. The video is in fast forward and still pretty long. But I hope the sweet soundtrack will keep you watching. It is made by my friend and Dj Paul M.B.



The next characters I made were at a playground inspired by the playground.





I am really inspired to continue making characters live on the streets. It is not as easy as making them at home but it is very fun. And I get so much inspiration from the people I see!

Something new coming up

Ciao!
It has been a while since I posted something here and now I actually will try something new. I will be making my small characters on the spot and paint them there also. I do not know if this will work but I truly hope so. The doubt I have is that I cannot paint them if the dough is too wet. so if you see a guy playing with dough and paint on the streets of Helsinki during this weekend it is probably me.

Of course I will take photos of the whole project and if it ends up as a flop I do not know what to do...

If the weather is bad (rainy) don´t come looking for me, I won´t be there.

Love you!

Friendship

With this project I come to the conclusion that I need a smaller brush and a magnifying glass to work on the details. I also think I will use lacquer in the future because the paint does not hold even though I painted the characters with two layers. Once again I had really fun painting and baking. Hope you all like it! Peace and Love!

Without inspiration I would die

My mind is full of inspiration and I find it very important to express that creativity. Today that creativity was expressed by this painting.


Female silhouette. Spray paint, stencil.

Trip back to the beginning

Hahaa!
Before I will show you my newest piece I got sentimental and wanted to take you down with me!
I present to you! My first installation, once again (but now in english)! =)

Here it is!
When I started the project I only knew I wanted to have a party but I did not know where.

Then I started to make characters and for some reason the first one became a priest

When the characters were painted and done It was time to place them out.
I got alot of good ideas from friends that supported me in doing my thing. So thank you! I love you all!
The reason I started making these small characters was mainly because I wanted to decorate the city with them. There is not much street art in Vaasa.

I asked permission from Dj Nautinto if I could use his music for my installation and he instantly loved the idea.  The music can be heard here Dj Nautino´s webpage.

Behind the main party was a little chillout room with a screen that showed parkour pictures.

Sadly I had to use a flash to get a good picture of the chillout room.
When the event was over I took all the valuables away and left the party like this.


Coming up is random pics from the party.

Dancers


Chillouts


Dj Nautinto


The priest and a dude


Hangarounds



Videoclip from the event

5 Doors Installation

Love Birds




The Priest




Sad boy




Peeking boy


Flower lady