Helsinki

I'm a BIG dreamer. This is what my mother used to tell me. When I was 5 years old my school teacher contacted my parents because of my drawings. I was obsessed by it and instead of listening the lesson, my mind was in a different world. When I was a kid, I used to have a lot of nightmares. I thought that creatures wanted to eat me. As soon as I started to paint, my nightmares were gone and my life drastically changed. My monsters became my friends, my family, my brothers. They always talk to me and I like to listen their advice, they guide me. 7 years ago I started to paint on photos. It was a way for me to give another life to places, people and actions that I love. Putting my monsters in existing situations makes me feel like I was there when the photo was taken. "Once Upon a Place" is a travel across London, Berlin, Stockholm and Helsinki in order to find the inspiration exploring the city and the nature.

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FICHTELGEBIRGE AND PORCELAIN (DVD PORZELLANIKON 2011 - The Trailer) Fichtelgebirge and porcelain – a unique fusion in the heart of Europe! – Imagine a cyclops randomly hurling enormous rocks as high as houses - and you have a picture of the landscape in the Fichtelbirge . Generations of people living within this „granite horseshoe“ made it the centre of European porcelain manufacture. Even today, designers, craftsmen and workers are inspired by this breath-taking landscape, which is portrayed in their products of world-renowned manufactuers of „white gold“. Carolus Magnus Hutschenreuter, who originated fromThuringia, laid the foundation stone for the porcelain industry in Fichtelgebirge. It was in 1814 that he started building a small factory in Hohenberg upon (a.d.) Eger, a town on the Bohemian border. In 1856 his son, Lorenz, branched out and established his own porcelain factory in Selb. After that, the region between Weiden and Coburg experienced a genuine boom: Uncountable porcelain factories emerged and allowed small farming villages to become industrial settlements. Manufacturers such as Rosenthal, Hutschenreuther, Heinrich, Seltmann or Winterling made German porcelain known throughout the world. At an early stage, renowned sculptors and designers cooperated closely with the arts department in the factories. Since the Second World War, the products had stood out not least because of their excellent design. In 1980, over 18,000 people were working in the Bavarian porcelain industry, predominantly in the Fichtelgebirge. North-East Bavaria is still the capital of the European porcelain industry. In the mood for some porcelain? Curious about Bavaria´s first industrial museum? Interested in high-tech? Or perhaps you are a fan of German cuisine and its home decor? Then this is the right address for you! Porzellanikon: Unique in Europe Four museums, two locations, one subject: Porcelain! Come on in! The Deutsche PorzellanMuseum settled down as early as 1982 in a building steeped in tradition: In the villa once belonging to the director of the family-owned porcelain company C.M. Hutschenreuther in Hohenberg upon (a.d.)Eger. The collection at the museum now comprises of about 160,000 porcelain objects. Porcelain used to be the sole privilege of the aristocracy. All this changed with the coming of industrialisation where it made its way into middle-class sitting rooms and utterly transformed its use and reputation. Covering a space of 2,000 m2, you can take a look at the courtly world of the Baroque and the Rococo. Exquisite treasures: - deliberately elaborate and opulent - often fanciful - artistically made The focus of the presentation lies however in the middle-class porcelain of the 19th and 20th century, charming to spectacular, sometimes quaint, often flamboyant in colour, crazy in part or exotic in shape and decor, these precious objects depict the lifestyle of the people, the cuisine and official culture of that day in a social context. Located in a disused former porcelain factory, the Porzellanikon Selb covers more than 9,000 m2 to accommodate three separate museums. Have you ever wondered just how „white gold“ can be made out of inconspicuous lumps of kaolin? Or have you ever stood between larger-than-life glaze mills rumbling away, or in front of a huge running steam engine providing power for the whole factory? The European Industriemuseum for Porzellan is a museum of working and social history, a museum of technology and a museum of the manufacture of porcelain. In these rooms the visitor gets an idea of how the clay mass is prepared, how the plaster moulds are made, sees the product with and without decoration: how porcelain was produced and is produced today. Helmut Drexler is a true master of decoration. Watch him at work and take a look at his end products in this fascinating exhibition area. Hidden away from view and hardly known: Ceramics is indispensable in mechatronics and space travel, high tech and medicine, chemistry and high-voltage technology. Regardless whether as a gasket in the coffee machine, a brake disk in a high-speed train, or as a knee or ankle joint implanted in the human body, as a printed circuit board in a computer, a thread guide for the textile industry, the surface coating on ski-jumps, or a space shuttle heat shield - you can find ceramics everywhere and especially in places where you least expect it. . Since 2005 you can find out how this actually looks and works in the Europäischen Museum für Technische Keramik. Just mention the name of Rosenthal to anyone from Shanghai to New York and their eyes will light up : Synonymous with luxury and the absolute best in tableware. Surrounded by the legendary product range and classical exhibits from more than 125 years of the company´s history, the Rosenthal Museum has been presenting this successful melange of art, design and lifestyle since 2004. Special exhibiti

• published: 13 Nov 2011
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