267. Merja Pohjonen - Batteribacka

Address

Gamla Uleåvägen 141 / Vanha Ouluntie 141
67410 Karleby / Kokkola

Phone

+358 504043254

Genre

Ceramics, Crafts, Design, Sculpture

Accessible for persons with reduced mobility

Information about the artist / the group

I studied ceramic design at the University of Art and Design Helsinki, and graduated in 1980. I've taught I have spent almost my entire working life at the Kokkola Region College and the Kokkola Children's Art School, and I still continue teaching even though I am already retired from teaching. During these years, I have had my own workshop, where I have made works for exhibitions and made ceramic utensils. I have received several scholarships. In 2014, I received a three-year working grant from the Central Ostrobothnia Cultural Foundation. At that time, I went to work in Estonia and France for month-long residencies. I moved to Vitsari in 2009 and renovated the old glove factory into a ceramics workshop and home.

Program during Konstrundan

On the Konstrundan weekend I'm going to burn ceramics in the yard if the weather allows. Visitors can view my work inside the workshop gallery and outdoors and buy my ceramics. The audience can also try throwing and clay shaping in the workshop.

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Driving directions

From Kokkola you can come by car along the E8 road or by bicycle to the north. By bike all the way to the junction on the right before HK-auto's tower. The first house to the right is the Konstrunda studio. By car, you have to turn right to Vessivägen, then the next junction on the left, Vanha Oulu, and then to the end of the road. The last house on the left side is the Konstrunda studio. There are several coolers that show off. From the north, there is a bicycle road from the Peltokorpi junction to Kokkola, and after the Perho River the bicycle strips turn left at HK-auto's tower. After the bridge over the Perho River, motorists must turn left to Vessivägen.