Interviews 2025

Eila in her studio.

Central Finland: Eila Minkkinen

“If you are satisfied with your finished work, be happy, because not everyone is!”Read more »
Sara Panelius
13.05.2025 hrs 14:28
Alexander is standing by the table making art.

Helsinki Metropolitan Area: Alexander Salvesen

Alexander wants to create ensembles that offer small gifts and experiences. The longer you look, the more you get.Read more »
Gisela Montonen
13.05.2025 hrs 13:04
Pasi and Virpi sitting on a sofa smiling.

Lapland: Pasi Jaakonaho & Virpi Jääskö

Two masters in crafts from Inari combine tradition, design and natural materials. Read more »
Ami Avellán
13.05.2025 hrs 13:01
Tero and his woodwork.

Eastern Finland: Tero Hulkkonen

Carpenter and master wood carver Tero Hulkkonen's workshop in Taipalsaari is now participating in Konstrundan for the first time.Read more »
Tiina Rajakallio
13.05.2025 hrs 12:59

Western Uusimaa: Ville Heimala

"In the studio, it’s easy to see the process behind the artworks. It’s interesting to hear what people think about my pieces and to hear their own interpretations and thoughts on what the works evoke. It’s fun to meet new people – and also old acquaintances."Read more »
Nicole Hjelt
13.05.2025 hrs 12:56
Kaisa is smiling to the camera.

Eastern Uusimaa: Kaisa Leka

Kaisas comics revolve around adventures, internal as well as external.Read more »
Leena Stolzmann
13.05.2025 hrs 12:52
Camilla sitting on a table with art by her.

The Åland Islands: Camilla Edström Ödemark

In her art, Camilla endeavours to highlight the natural qualities of wood and is particularly fascinated by its decomposition process - the biological transformation from one state to another. "Poetry tends to emerge from what at first glance may seem banal and simple". Read more »
Therese Hjälmarstrand
13.05.2025 hrs 12:49
Zacheriah is painting outside.

Ostrobothnia: Zacheriah Kramer

Zacheriah is inspired by beauty and life questions about people and their relationship to their surroundings.Read more »
Heidi Stenberg
13.05.2025 hrs 12:46

Interviews from previous years

Northern Finland: Helena Junttila

Visual artist Helena Junttila from Aska in Sodankylä is celebrating round years this year. In honor of her 60th birthday, she had an exhibition open for a week in her studio. It was a much better way than a party for a few hours, because now she could talk to people in peace.Read more »
Ami Avellán
07.08.2023 hrs 07:08

Pirkanmaa: Markus Mäkinen

When Markus was young, he dreamed of a career as an artist. But chance led him to glass and it caught his heart.Read more »
Martina Lindberg
12.08.2022 hrs 13:30

Åboland: Pia Rousku

Pia's art is abstract in form and inspired by the seasons, shapes in nature, and by the people she meets.Read more »
Martina Lindberg
12.08.2022 hrs 13:30

Western Uusimaa: Onnellisen sepän paja

Two master blacksmiths, Juhani Krappe and Sami Ryhänen, have been located at the locomotive stables, right by the railroad station in Karja since last summer, after a long stretch at Billnäs Village. Read more »
Jani A. Purhonen
12.08.2022 hrs 13:30

Lapland: Elina Länsman

Konstrundan’s northern most studio is Elina Länsman’s.Read more »
Ami Avellán
12.08.2022 hrs 13:30

Helsinki: Hanna-Kaisa Korolainen

Behind the plain facade in the basement of a house in Kumpula, is the shared studio space of four artists bursting with creativity. One of the creatives working in the idyllic wooden house neighbourhood is the artist, designer and artisan Hanna-Kaisa Korolainen.Read more »
Ida Taavitsainen
12.08.2022 hrs 13:30