THE FINAL DESIGNS PRESENTED AT THE HEIMTEXTIL 2014

Thank you Frankfurt! Heimtextil fair is now over and that said so is our project Time Unseen. We are proud to present our designs to you all. This was an amazing and valuable experience and we also made some great networking. We hope you enjoyed following our project. You will definitely hear from us again. 

Heimtextil is the biggest international trade fair for home and contract textiles and the global benchmark for quality design textiles of innovative functionality.

For this project we sought and derived inspiration from Finnish nature, and step-by-step, the foundation and theme for our project began to build up from some of the mysteries of our surroundings: lichens, mycelium, bryophytes, roots and the cortex of trees. One could say that this project has been inspired by all things “curious” when it comes to growth and the way different shapes and textures grow on various surfaces.

Our team designed lamp shades and different 'textile tiles' with various different shapes and surfaces. In addition some of us also designed a few stuffed figures just to add something fun.

Amanda Halonen

Main idea:

- Tiles work great as an interior detail, same way as framed pictures or posters
- Also work as  a sound absorbing element
- A textile oriented product, that can be used at home and office + in more universal spaces like waiting rooms, libraries, retirement homes etc.
- Can be used in different orders and rotations
- Minimalistic and decorative styles can be formed by changing amounts of tiles

  

Inspiration:

- Growth
- Traditional ceramic tiles

- Fungous formations
- Mushroom wattles (on the paper tiles)

Materials (80% recycled):

- Recycled kapa board
- Papers from waste brochures and catalogs
- Mixed fabrics; denim, cotton, synthetic materials etc.
- Vintage lace cloths
- Self made yarns from leftover fabrics

 

Aura Ervola

-Techniques: embroidery, acryl paints, paper and linen

-Inspiration: flying colours and mixine techniques. Nature's vulnerability make me do these soft and delicate embroidery.

Arto Mankinen

Printed fabric Repeat 91 x 155 cm on Cotton fabric


For the time being Arto Mankinen is working with printed fabrics. The design is based on a collection of his own photographs, which is called Odotus, the Expectance. He has taken these pictures in the spring of 2013 at the Fortress island Suomenlinna, in Helsinki Finland.

There is a certain glow and tender light in the pictures. A perceptive viewer can find some things which resemble mycelium and spider webs in the core of the image. These photos reveal a bit of light, which can not yet fully be seen. Artos aim is transmit the same feeling of Expectance to his fabrics.


You can find more about Arto Mankinen and his work on web: www.artogallery.org

Hilla Hirvonen

-Source of inspiration: tree rings and wood grain – "I’ve always felt something very mystical in those formations hiding the whole history of a tree."

-Technique: wet felting

-Material: 100 % wool

Ina Nordbäck

Ryijy rugs. One with a more traditional approach and 3 modern interpretations.

Inspired by traditions and how they take bearings in the present. Finnish nature as a starting point.

- 1 ryijy: pompoms made of (mostly) recycled yarns. Attached to a foam board.
- 2 ryijy: wool yarn, sewed to a base fabric by hand.

- 3 ryijy: Yarn (mixed; wool, cotton, alpaca, recycled yarns) sewed by hand into a base fabric.

- 4 ryijy: recycled carpet rags recycled thin metallic silver folio, wool. Sewn to a base fabric by sewing machine. Foam board base.

Inna Heikkilä

Crocheted lamp shade inspired by roots, mycelia and lichens.

- made of crocheted yarn which was hardened by using fabric hardener
- three different shades of gray yarn

Kristiina Niskanen

Lamp made from old clear glass bottle and covered with a digitally printed translucent cotton.

Inspiration from the shape and soft lines of roots.

Janette Tiala

Inspiration for the tiles came from roots and soil

- Hand printed on linen with pigments

- Background painted with spray emulsion 

Joanna Eklund

Textile tiles

Linda Kivi

'Kide' -lamp shade

-Inspiration: growing space, stones, minerals, quartz, cluster, shine

-Materials: linen fabric, fabric stiffener, wool felt, straws, gilding adhesive, imitation silver leaf, fish wire

-Techniques: stiffed and wrinkled linen, silver gilded straws (first painted with gilding adhesive, then silver leaf attached with brush)

Lilian Sokolova

Textile tiles, technique digital printing

Material: polyester, satin weave

Inspiration from photos of sand, water and seashells on the beach and a cracked sandstone bank. 

Maybelle Jones-Nettey

Textile Tiles

Mona Wahlroos

Lamp shade

Inspiration:

winter, ice and the lightness and delicacy of tulle

Design and materials:
- tulle
- foil *tying them up in small pearls

I wanted the fabric to maintain its characteristic and lightness. There are two different atmosphere with and without the light.

Sara Martinsen

Product: interior light

- Inspired by shapes of mould
- Materials: birch and silk painting
- Based on aquarelle paintings
- Using reactive colors and sea salt.

The wood work I have given to the professional, which allowed me to concentrate on my own speciality, textile design.

Tiina Inel

I tried to merge what I felt visually and emotionally into these fabrics and prints.

- inspired by mycelium
- materials: weawed fabrics - wool
- printed fabric - wool

Yuna Mugishima

Knitted textile tile

Kirsi Nevavuo

Stuffed figure

- Material 75% wool 25% polyamide
- Knitting has been used in garger stitch
- Inspiration from icy rocks and the varied rhythm and color variation on the surface of the stones

More stuffed figures by Aura Ervola, Maybelle Jones-Nettey and Tiina Inel

The stand