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I have moved

2008-06-17T07:58:00.000-07:00

...blog...
and away from England.

my new Blog is on http://www.titiina.wordpress.com
I have already put my animation up and there is loads more to come!

Public art in Copenhangen

2008-06-02T05:32:00.000-07:00

We did a little disaster trip (of 12 disasters all together to be specific, starting with losing phone, luggage and Tosin before reaching our destination) to Malmö (to visit friends) and Copenhagen at the end of May. I loved the architecture of Malmö! Copenhagen has very nice hippie community called Christiania (http://www.christiania.org/) that has c. 1000 inhabitants. The community is full of public art which I would also in the city centre… An interesting visit.

Gardening - in Arabian restaurant

2008-05-07T11:09:00.000-07:00

As a part how we do church in Coventry Vineyard every first Sunday of a month we go to do practical stuff into community… The reason to this is that we believe we are called to make a difference in our societies; show God’s love in practical ways. God’s care and love in our own lives and the Spirit He has given us so freely inspires us to these random acts of kindness.

This month we were doing gardening for the local Arabian restaurant called Habibi.
The funny thing is that I visited this restaurant first time just a night before hearing that there is an opportunity to go there and help them with their garden. I fell in love with the place so you can imagine how eager I was to return there for the whole day! :) It was such a good fun and the weather was amazing! Yes! It’s summer also in UK now!
...and did I meantion the wondreful food they serve? Oh, it's wonderful!
After our hard work they treated us with a free meal. Sooooo good.

Treasures of Wasteland

2008-04-30T08:30:00.000-07:00

"When we discovered the growing waste

mountains we decided to change something.

Caring for the environment took us on an

adventurous journey. We brought you some

cool souvenirs, the Treasures of Wasteland."

Having decided to go back to Finland for this summer to spend some time with my family and Finnish friends before leaving them behind again (and this time much further away and therefore for much longer time, I guess, as well.) Also, I think this might be the last time I will live in Finland this long period of time.... God knows, but this is my idea for my life anyway. SO, I started a desperate job hunting which was quite difficult from UK, but I managed to get a job interview for Easter holidays when I was visiting my brother in Helsinki, which is c.5 hours drive away from where I live. The job was to work (in many challenging ways) in this cool design shop that sells pretty art, fashion and design stuff made of recyckled materials. I was actually very excited to work with this mentality and meeting the people there who shared their exciting vision... it just seemed such a great opportunity!

So, I got the job and then finally didn't take it which seems a bit crazy -- but really: how much are you going to spend time with your family if they live 5 hours and 80 euros away from you?!

Anyway, the shop is defenitely worth introducing - I just love their products and the life style they promote!! If you ever go to Helsinki you should visit them. Take a look their website (I added it to my links: SECCO SHOP).

But not accepting this job means that I have time to start my own waste-treasure production, and develop useful skipping skills into recycling factory! :) so, don't worry I am SURE I'm not going to get bored this summer either!

Oh, and another funny thing is that and you can apply for the Wasteland citizenship, of course in practice it's just becoming a member and receiving emails of their new products and events but I thought it's quite a cool idea and really promotes the idea of developing a new community of people who care for their environment, and that way for their fellow citizens as well. I was told that this mentality is growing a lot in Finland now and I am sure I will be happy to discover that, while designers, engineers, scientists etc. work for finding more sutainable solutions, recycling in all creative ways IS becoming a strong part of contemporary life style all around the globe. [....I waaaaant to believe!!!]

Learning animation

2008-04-16T10:18:00.000-07:00

As a final project for my studies I have to create a 1min animation.
It's only been 2,5 weeks of constant sitting in front of computer and
I can already feel the increasing need for additional yoga classes.
also my eyes don't like too much of a computer screen...

So,
from the physical point of view animation is definitely not for me,
needless to say how many times the media itself screws me over per
a day. But I'm very excited about the fact that I am able to learn these
new skills (which I am maybe able to use in some point of my life...).
Here are some images from my animation which hopefully
will be put up here by the end of May.

okay, this doesn't really have anything that much to do
with this project but I love the chair design! ;) (it's Finnish, Aero
Design Furniture's Mademoiselle rocking chair, in case you were
interested. I am not that much of a fan of Scandinavian design but
I do like some of their chairs!)

book printing

2008-04-16T09:46:00.000-07:00

Mary - the book etchings

2008-03-31T12:58:00.000-07:00

While I’m still trying to figure out what’s the best way to present the whole book here I wanted to put some of my etchings up. Half of the images are screen prints and half etchings. This was a great challenge to try to make these two very different printing methods to work together not only stylistically but also physically. But I carried on trying learning both because I had so much fun doing them!

the promise of the King

a virgin called Mary

an angel with Mary

on a journey to Jerusalem

the birth of the King

the mother and the son

Mary - the final year book project

2008-03-31T10:38:00.000-07:00

These are outcomes of my final year book project that I made on the nativity story. I wanted to tell the familiar story, that I find incredibly powerful in its meaning and as a story which has changed and shaped people and cultures all over the word. I wanted to present Mary as a main character in it and invite a reader to rethink the whole narrative from her perspective. God chose a young girl bring the revolution about that the whole Jewish nation had been waiting for centuries. She also has been waiting for the liberator, and then God told her to give a birth to this King…

I used this screen print on a front cover.

The book is physically a bit comblicated, so it's hard to present

in this form. all the screen prints are bouble spreads that fold

in the middle making an A5 landscape paper size.

che tipo!

2008-02-27T12:00:00.000-08:00

my lap top animal

I have liked to apply my character on different surfaces from an ealry age...

printed characters

I wonder how it feels like to live inside a burkha...
I read stories about it and sometimes I "mind-travel" in countires such Afganistan.

monkey etchings.

screen and lino print.

the best time of the year

2008-02-27T11:20:00.000-08:00

eat, love and pray- illustration

2008-02-16T10:54:00.000-08:00

These are the illustrations that I made during my student exchange in Bologna for Elizabeth Gilbert's bestseller "Eat, Love and Pray". It was actually a really nice read in that point of my life when I could actually relate to the main character who travels and search her life across Italy, India and Indonesia. This experience gave me a spark for reading more novels; it was a wonderful way for me to understand my feelings better.

more screen prints

2008-02-16T10:37:00.000-08:00

a bird of passage

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passion for colours

2008-02-15T10:18:00.000-08:00

I love screen printing because it allows you to play around

with colours so much!

books

2008-02-15T10:08:00.000-08:00

picturing home

2008-02-15T09:52:00.000-08:00

my first etchings...

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a little story of "i due cani" or "freedom" made in Bologna
(accademia di belle arti di Bologna) in 2007 Spring.

more experimental colour etchings

A little monkey that I made for the "out of reality"
project towards my illustration degree in 2006 Autumn.

hi, my name is tiina

2008-02-15T09:03:00.000-08:00

...and I come from Finland. I am a student of Illustration
(among the other things) in Coventry, England and I would
like to share some of my pictures with you.
In case you have thoughts to share with me I would love
to hear from you. please, feel free to email me to:
tiina_stenberg@live.co.uk
Welcome! :)