A play with darkness and light
Comic Art in Glass
Tulintu -Comic Art in Glass is a joint project with Sini Majuri. The pieces were exhibited at Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2015 and in September the set will be presented at the Finnish Glass Museum. Photos: Heidi-Hanna Karhu
In Tsar’s Garden
This is one of my most handcrafted pieces from 2014. “Tsar’s garden” is made in traditional graal technique in co-operation with master glassblower Kari Alakoski. Finally I got some presentable photos pf the piece, thanks to photographer Heidi-Hanna Karhu.
Other works in glass…
Illustrations
Project Graal 2012
In 2012 I was busy with my BA final work for Ceramic and Glass Design at Aalto University. These artworks are some of the results. The graal-glass-technique was new for me, and I approached it with a melancholical theme of drowning and diving in to deep waters.
The glass vases are all mouth blown at the university’s studio in Helsinki by glassblower Elina Piispanen. You can find a video of the making here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFrKrMKC-Fs
This work above “Two faces of a drowned man” is featured in the European Glass Experience -touring exhibition. In March 2015 it will be included in an exhibition at Museo del Vetro, Venice.
These older works have been signed by name Ella Jaakkola.
Tulintu 2014
Tulintu is a my project with fellow artist Sini Majuri. We are both using graal-technique and comic art influences as a medium for contemporary glass art. These are some of my works from spring 2014. The artworks in the pictures were made in Helsinki, Finland in co-operation with glassblower Katri Pankasalo.
Photos: Veera Konsti
Ella Varvio 