Since she was a child, Miina has been making ceramics at the Pekkala manor art school, a place where she still goes to every week. Miina is from North Karelia and makes handicrafts at her home in Joensuu. As a material, she finds clay particularly fascinating because of its versatility, rough feel and earthiness.

 

Miina's style of making ceramics emphasizes beauty, practicality and responsibility. Her strength is in molding clay by hand, where one can work both very broadly but also with detailed decorations. Miina can immerse herself in molding clay for hours, losing track of time and place. Her art exudes imagination, stories and exploring the new.

 

Uunilintu (“oven bird”) is the old name for the willow bird. It is the most common bird in Finland, and its beautiful song is familiar to everyone. The name Uunilintu comes from the bird’s habit of building an oven-like nest in the ground, and the oven being an important part of the production of ceramics.

 

You can order individual items and tablewares, as well as customized works and various sets. All works are handmade.