Lokal Creators / Antrei Hartikainen

Antrei Hartikainen (b. 1991) is a master cabinetmaker and designer from Fiskars, known for his exquisite works in wood. His award-winning pieces, including functional products and pure artworks, achieve heights of sensuality and elegance, and highlight the importance of craftsmanship. His work constantly challenges and blurs the traditional categorisations between functional objects and visual arts.

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Lokal Creators / Antrei Hartikainen

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”Very often they relate to nature, or to what one has seen or experienced, even in a particular moment. Something that has stuck with me, for instance an observation on how a leaf quivered in the wind, or how the light hit a form in a terrain somewhere. Perhaps that is how a kind of organic trace is present in the works and designs.”