Latest Student Projects
Mummu and me by Lotta Paananen
A portrait of me and my grandmother ‘Mummu’, who suddenly passed away during the Personal Exploration course.
A negotiation with snow and earth by Jimin Hong
How are our ecosystems affected by the inconsistent snow blanket?
Snow’s recognition by Yutaro Komaki
Snow recognises the shape of the place where it piles up carefully and gradually. Snow accepts any shape. How can I recognise the shape of my thoughts and imagination like snow?
Shelf Version 1 by Lauriina Markkula
By switching from an end result focused process, to a more playful iterative process, I give myself the freedom to make rough prototypes, play with the material while doing it and see where the exploration leads me.
Shifting Focus by João Justino
This interactive artifact represents my journey of personal exploration through wheel throwing.
ClaySkin by Hana RehorÄÃková
ClaySkin is an experimental project that explores a biodegradable alternative to synthetic tattoo practice skin, commonly used by beginner tattoo artists.
CURA by Daniel Georg Schiechl
As unassuming as this tableware appears, it tells the stories of our disguised daily gestures.
A bucketload of Finnish stereotypes by Birta Brynjólfsdóttir
The work is a celebration of the whimsical and joyous sides of Finland as seen through the eyes of a foreigner.
NIX: Una lampada coi fiocchi by Mattia Anderle
Exploring the crystallization of snowflake geometrical formations, this research project delves into the captivating beauty of nature's patterns.
Ceramic Laboratory
The course is studio-based and includes the practical realization of an experimental art or design project in ceramics. The theme and standpoint changes yearly: from artifacts to surface design, from material research to exploring one´s artistic expression, and others. The assessment starts with gathering research material in pairs. The final brief is processed individually. It starts by sketching and presenting the concept ideas, proceeding to studio work, and resulting in the making of prototypes or material experiments from ceramics. The concept development, designing, readings, and evaluation are processed theoretically in project seminars, where ideas, working methods as well as chosen solutions are discussed. The module ends up with a small exhibition presenting the results.
Materials in flux - A creative approach towards understanding contemporary material dilemmas by Miia Lötjönen
This Master’s Thesis explores how a material-oriented designer could better affect the far-reaching consequences of her action by shaping the framework by expanding the scope of the design process from the object's life cycle to the materials' life cycle.
Wild – Searching for Finnish high-fire clay by Mira Niittymäki
Empirical research of Finnish minerals and a study of the meaning of material origins in the context of art, design and ceramic practice.
The Asymptotes by Ena Naito
Book-writing as Design: Exploration of a hydro-logic process towards a multimodal creative nonfiction
Amorphous Form – Tentative Verbalization in the Context of Art by Sini Henttu
How could art and its verbalization live side by side, supporting each other?