WORK
Crafted Connections Residency, Helsinki Design Week, 2026. A programme organised by the French Institute in Finland, with the aim of strengthening collaboration between French and Finnish designers through a five-week residency. Three accomplished designers from across France were selected to take part in the programme. Each French artist was paired with a Finnish counterpart, with whom they collaborated throughout the residency.
The residency brought together Hanna-Kaisa Korolainen and Cécile Gray, Paul Flanders and Pierre-Henri Beyssac, and Karelle Couturier and Merileena Reunanen, who combined ceramics and weaving in their work. The works created through the programme were presented in the window of Stockmann as part of Helsinki Design Week.
Wheel-Thrown Teacups — Matcha, Lokal Gallery, 2026
Garden of Silence. Wheel-Thrown Perfume Bottle & Teacups — Sense of Spirituality, Helsinki Design Week, 2025
A silent whisper of early spring. Light returns – soft and gentle. A quiet morning. A sunlit rock, still cold beneath the feet. The scent of the first blossoms lingers in the air. Everything moves in cycles – the moon, the seasons, the breath. A moment of lightness. Of wonder.
The soul moves with the rhythms of nature. It is present in the world, yet still something that cannot be fully put into words. An object can carry time, emotion, or the spirit of a place – like a stone that has seen many springs, or a flower that blooms only for a moment. Soulfulness in design or art is not only what is seen, but what is sensed.
Candle Holder “Weight of the World” — Helsinki Playground Charity Fundraiser
With the sphere functioning as a tool for extinguishing the flame, the piece serves as a reminder of how easily our inner light can fade beneath the weight of the world.
Teacups for the Woven Works + Susanna Vento Collection Launch
Tea and Coffee Ware
Additional Works — Ceramics and Weaving
IN THE MEDIA
Asun Magazine 1/2026 — Photography: Unto Rautio
Fudge Magazine 10/2026 & 07/2025
