Kezriäjä (Spinner) — work in progress
Kezriäjät (Spinners), 2023
Kezriäjä refers to the presence of handcrafts in Karelian everyday life, and how spinning stories in Karelian culture has been practiced through looms, spindles and yarn. In their new body of work, Tuomi portrays a narrative through Karelian heritage and their family land(scapes), delicately intertwining traditional Karelian crafts and photography. They emphasise photography and traditional craft as tools used in exchanging stories and cultural inheritance between individuals, communities and generations.
Čilu (Shard), 2023
Zirkalo, zirkalo (Mirror, Mirror), 2023
Muamazeni on puu (My mother is a tree), 2023
My mother’s hair, linen
29,5 x 29,5 cm
Detail from Naine kirjou hivuksil (Woman Embroiders With Hair), 2023
Čilu-installation consisting of two framed photographs
Exhibited in Of a feather... at Dipoli Gallery, spring 2024
50 x 40 cm
Handmade wooden frames, textile fringes inspired by Karelian traditional handkerchief ‘nästyyki’, made from grandmother’s fabric scraps
Pigment print, birch frame, textile
28 x 35 cm
Pigment print, birch frame, textile