Finland
has some amazing glass artists known all over the world. For example Kerttu
Nurminen,
Markku Salo and Oiva Toikka.
Now
you can add a new name to that list: Laura Laine.
Until
now Laura, Young Designer of the Year in 2011, has been well-known as a fashion
and commercial illustrator for the Finnish magazines and international clients
like Vogue, Sephora, Elle, Zara, H&M, GAP, The New York Times, The New
Yorker and The Guardian.
The
Wet Collection, Laura´s first unique adventure in the deep sea life translated
into the world of glass, is now open at the Design Museum Helsinki.
Go there and have a swim in the sea of fantasy and surreal beauty only a real artist can create.
Go there and have a swim in the sea of fantasy and surreal beauty only a real artist can create.
Laura
Laine: Mollusc.
White
Baby.
Laura
Laine: The Wet Collection is open until March 15th 2015 at Design Museum Gallery, Korkeavuorenkatu
23, 00130 Helsinki. Open Tue 11am-8pm, Wed-Sun 11am to 6pm. Closed on Mondays.
Photos
© Paula Hietaranta
