Tiina Laasonen: Yhteen liimattu | Glued Together
Completion year: 2022
Technique: Different varieties of wood, brass, steel
Size: Korkeus | Height 202 cm
Keywords: Tiina Laasonen, puu, Yhteen liimattu, Kansallisgalleria, helmet
Finnish National Gallery/ State Art Deposit Collection
Location: State Guest House, Helsinki
I have turned wood into a single piece, Glued together. The work combines different wood e.g. a garden tree from friends, a tree from my home yard, and surplus material from other works. Each wood has its own story – where it comes from, why it was cut, and who gave it to me. In the work, I use for example birch from Virpi´s birch alley from Ilmajoki, Liisa and Timppa´s hackberry and rowen from Seinäjoki, Macke´s storm-fell oak tree from Vaasa, my mother´s apple tree from Kauhava, Pauliina´s grandparents´ old juniper from Seinäjoki, as well as a nesting tree that Suoku kept in a woolshed, and which was only available for use after this summer´s nesting had ended. In addition, the work features birch, aspen, and alder that grow in my own yard. The spectrum of life is visible in the artwork as the histories of different families are combined in it into a pearl of memory.
Photos: Aukusti Heinonen