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Inkeri Makkonen: Minussa muistaa

Keywords: boat, vene, tekstiilitaide, textile art,

My grandfather’s old boat and my life’s scribbles and stiches sewn into it in jute twine.
Twenty years ago the subject started to weigh down on me. In 1999 with the help of Alfred Kordelin Foundation’s grant I started to collect material for “Finnish wooden boat – artifact and experience”. For the last two and a half years I have been darning the boat with jute twine.

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Name of the work: Voi perkele – Kalasatama II

Name of the work: Houkan takki – Fool´s coat

Name of the work: Savua ja tulta – Kalasatama I

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Name of the work: Kauttani loputon muutuminen

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Name of the work: Kuka tarvitsee unta kun aamuun asti valo on sylinsä auki

Name of the work: Eilisen vedet jäätyneet

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