Linda Linko: in search of New Finnishness

As part of PTTRNS exhibition, Iittala & Arabia Design Centre invited artist Linda Linko to search for the future of Finnish patterns. In her voluminous collage she’s studying colour, shapes and transparency and challenging the traditional perception of one hundred year old Finland: perhaps we’re not as gloomy and pessimistic as we tend to say we are. The piece illustrates Linko’s work process and her candid use of different techniques. Using her exquisite color palette she paints large scale surfaces from w