• Lokal Creators / Pan Jianfeng

    Pan Jianfeng is a conceptual artist working predominately with paper and ink. His background and techniques are rooted in tradition, but his works are strong and contemporary. We visited his home studio one early spring afternoon to learn more about his works in our Year of the Rabbit exhibition.

  • Eija Zweygberg

    Eija Zweygberg is a textile artist from Helsinki. Architecture, interiors and art in their various forms are an endless source of inspiration for her.

  • Lokal Creators / Aimo Katajamäki

    Aimo Katajamäki is an artist, illustrator, and graphic designer. His superhero wood sculptures depict human nature in a subtle and delicate way. We visited his studio just a few blocks from Lokal as he was carving his new pieces for the Year of the Rabbit exhibition.

  • Lokal Creators / Milla Vaahtera

    Milla Vaahtera is a designer and artist best known for her unique pieces combining bold glass parts with delicate brass.On a winter’s day earlier this year we visited her studio in an old elementary school building in Helsinki, where she assembles her pieces.

  • Ritva Kovalainen

    Photographic artist Ritva Kovalainen has been working on multi-year art projects since the early 1990s, which have resulted in several large museum exhibitions, books and even films.

  • Lokal Creators / Katy Hertell

    Katy Hertell is a sculptor living in Helsinki. She draws inspiration from Eastern and Greek mythology, from the animal world, from children and from Nature, in creating hand-built sculptures. These photos accompanied by a short interview are from a recent visit to her at her studio at the Cable Factory in Helsinki.

  • Hanna-Kaarina Heikkilä

    Hanna-Kaarina Heikkilä is a multi-disciplinary designer who has skills, knowledge and experience from architectural projects to smallest details in product design.

  • Didi NG Wing Yin

    Didi NG Wing Yin is a Hong Kong Born artist-designer based in Helsinki. His dedication to wood crafting over the past years has resulted in small- and large-scale works situated in a space between sculpture, installation, and furniture.

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