Finnish Designer (Page 4)

“Form must have a content, and that content must be linked with nature.” Alvar Aalto
Timo Sarpaneva, a rug/ ryarug for Friends of Finnish Handicraft. Circa 150x110 cm.

The Friends of Finnish Handicraft aims to document and promote typically Finnish textiles. The association was founded in 1879 by Fanny Churberg and inspired by the Swedish Friends of Handicraft association, founded five years earlier. The association has always worked closely with artists and architects and, from an early date, cooperated with, e.g. Jac Ahrenberg. The association collected and published a pattern book of traditional textile patterns in its early days. Read More →