31 Aug 2010, Posted by Emily Yang in Design & Culture, 0 Comments

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Today I went on a trip to Fiskars, the creative community which gathers artists and designers from different countries.  The weather was perfect for travelling, sunny and cool, which made the train and bus trip into a joyful tour in Finnish countryside.  When I arrived, my guide Lasse was already there waiting.  He’s the shop manager of ONOMA shop in Fiskars and very nice guy who knows everything.  He showed me around the exhibition in Fiskars shop telling the history of how Fiskars transformed from a scissors manufacturing village into an active art community.  Then he let me explore by myself.

Fiskars was such a peaceful and beautiful place with shops, studios and workshops surrounded by nice landscape.  I visited two exhibitions, one was all about wood and the other was an exhibition of most of the local artists and designers.  I love the venue of the second exhibition, it was an old granary and the space was super interesting, I even wanted to building an exhibition there.

Before I came to Fiskars, some friends told me that I need to make sure there is enough credit on my credit card.  Well, that’s very advice.  After Lasse introduced me stories behind some of the pieces, I wanted to buy ALL of them.  There was one pieces really touched me, it was called “wish box”, a small ceramic round box, beautifully colored, it said that you can write your wish on a piece of paper and burn the paper in the box, then keep the ash in it till your wish come true.  I think I already know what I want to wish for.