{"id":4119,"date":"2024-02-19T12:42:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T12:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listagil.is\/?p=4119"},"modified":"2024-02-19T12:42:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T12:42:49","slug":"sanna-vatanen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listagil.is\/?p=4119","title":{"rendered":"Sanna Vatanen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Artists in residence for the month of February 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Sanna Vatanen is a Finnish textile artist whose longstanding connection to Iceland is the base for her work during the Gilf\u00e9lagid Artist Residency. She\u2019ll be spinning Icelandic wool to create a unique, hand-spun yarn collection, \u2019Landscape Yarns\u2019. The yarn collection draws inspiration from the elements of the icelandic nature repeating the colours of ash, moss, snow, ice, lava, fog, sand, sea, sky, meadows\u2026&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inspired by the fact that the Icelandic wool is characterized by having a longer, coarser outer coat and finer undercoat, which gives exceptional firmness to the unspun strands, the wool used for the project is Pl\u00f6tulopi, the unspun yarn by the Icelandic manufacturer \u00c1lafoss. As the wool is already carded and gathered into plates, it\u2019s great fun to spin and mix the colors from the multiple woollen color plates. Pl\u00f6tulopi is also the original material chosen for the legendary Lopi sweaters as the advantages of the Icelandic wool in wet and cold weather are more apparent when the wool used is unspun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The yarn collection will be later used as a material to create a hand-knitted sweater collection, \u2019Landscape Lopis\u2019 (work-name). The idea behind the \u2019Landscape Lopis\u2019 is to present personal memories and experiences translated in the form of spinning and knitting &#8211; to allow them show publicly in the wearable clothing in everyday life instead of keeping memories tucked away at home. To use sweaters in terms of postcards to tell a story.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2019The environmental textile art projects I participated in Iceland while studying, made a lasting impression on me. Since then I\u2019ve found myself returning to Iceland and to its powerful nature again and again, always experiencing something new.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/listagil.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/4-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listagil.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/4-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/listagil.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/4-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/listagil.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/4.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sanna Vatanen was educated at the University of Art &amp; Design (now AALTO University) in Helsinki, Finland. During her career, in addition to creating several exhibitions, she has published 7 knitting books featuring also other textile techniques and highlighted the use of the local wool and other sustainable and recycled materials. She resides on the island of K\u00f6kar, \u00c5land Archipelago, where she creates new projects around the wool of the \u00c5land sheep.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/listagil.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1s-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listagil.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1s-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/listagil.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1s-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/listagil.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1s.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/listagil.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listagil.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/listagil.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/listagil.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/listagil.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/3-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listagil.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/listagil.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/3-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/listagil.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/3.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artists in residence for the month of February 2024 Sanna Vatanen is a Finnish textile artist whose longstanding connection to Iceland is the base for her work during the Gilf\u00e9lagid Artist Residency. 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