Monthly feature: Laura Merz
Laura Merz is a Finnish visual artist and illustrator who lives and works both in Finland and Germany. Laura focuses mostly on children’s book illustration and wildlife themed drawings, using different experimental drawing techniques. Her children’s books A Thousand and One Animals (Etana Editions 2016) and Among Fascinating Creatures (Etana Editions 2019) have won many awards and mentions. Laura’s illustrations have been shown in several Finnish and international exhibitions and her work Clownfish is presented at Institut finlandais until July 18th. On February 29th Laura Merz is organising a creative workshop for children called Stripes in the sea, spots in the savannah, that focuses on different experimental drawing techniques. In the honour of the upcoming creative atelier we asked her a few questions.
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- February 2020 – Lauri-Matti Parppei
- January 2020 – Laura Väre
- December 2019 – Sunna Nousuniemi
- November 2019 – Katja Gauriloff
- October 2019 – Anni Guttorm
- September 2019 – Sara Wesslin
- August 2019 – Johanna Råman, Pirita Näkkäläjärvi
- July 2019 – Tuomas Merikoski
- June 2019 – Milla Lintilä
- May 2019 – Man Yau
- April 2019 – Jaakko Kahilaniemi
- March 2019 – Miia Tervo
Monthly Feature: Lauri-Matti Parppei
Two friends are sitting around a grand dining table in the hush and dark of the night, dressed up in all-black clothing like thieves or, one may say, murderers. They are whispering to each other in a house that is sleeping, and something tells the spectator that they should not be in there.
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