Merry Christmas

Christmas time is the darkest time of the year and here

in Finland it´s especially dark. Between the sun rising and setting

it´s only five hours - even in the southern Finland. In Lapland

the sun doesn´t rise at all for a few months.

If the day is cloudy, you don´t get that much light during that time either.

Like all over the world, we have the tradition

of lighting our surroundings up. Candles and light chains indoors and 

outside are lit already in November.

This birch branch brings light and works as a Christmas tree as well.

#gingerbreadmold

Stars and angels (?):

Otto and Fanni, the office assistants.

We wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

Hyvää Joulua!

Felices Pasquas!

Merry Christmas!

Boas Festas!

God Jul!

Glædelig Jul!

Vrolijk Kerstfeest!

Joyeux Noel!

Froehliche Weihnachten!

Buone Feste Natalizie!

Nollaig chridheil huibh!

Kala Christouyenna!

Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket!

Gledileg Jol!

Nollaig Shona Dhuit!

Feliz Navidad!

Boas Festas!

Buorrit Juovllat!

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are on our minds. And yes, we would like to have them around
us, every day, forever!

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nannasalmi horsehair jewellery 

makes that possible!

Give delighting, truely touching and memorable gift:

fine jewellery with a woven tail hair ribbon made with her or his

own horse´s tail hair.

                             Gift wrapped, ready to be given.

 

Amate, classic and stylish, woven ribbon 3 mm 

Tuum,  woven ribbon 6 mm
Tuum is massive, good choice for a man.
Inside surface of all the rings is convex, that makes them more
comfortable to wear.

    "This ring took my heart"

Carus and Carus Star, with or without stones, your choice...

Bracelet Neela, woven tail hair ribbon 6 mm

 

Bracelet Noora, woven tail hair ribbon 9 mm,  64 hand bedded 

Swarovskies or diamonds

Cufflinks Polo,  woven tailhair ribbon 3 mm

These and many, many more designs you find in our web page

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Enjoy the time waiting for Christmas...

Photogrpaher Katja Jensen in her own Words

Katja Jensen, born in 1998, Denmark

My journey started before I was born, with my mom being an equestrian.

Even though I had three elder siblings, I was the only one that held onto the love for the horses as I grew up. I remember when I was no more than four years old, I would often grab an old bucket, and wander out to the paddock. We had the gentlest standardbred mare there, and I would scramble onto her back, with the help of the bucket, and then just sit there for hours. That’s when I started to wonder how incredible would it be, if I could do this for the rest of my life?

I didn’t have an easy childhood. I was bullied up through middle school, and so the horses became my sanctuary. I have always been one to feel strongly, and so I would react resolutely on those feelings. My fellow schoolmates couldn’t quite understand it. But the horses didn’t ask questions or judge me. They would just welcome me right in, with their big, brown eyes and soft muzzles. That’s what I believe horses do best. 

They connect to you, right where you are, and acknowledges you. Without trying to change you or the situation, but doing so with their acceptance.

When I was around 11 years old, I loaned my mom´s DSLR camera. With no rules to follow, I threw myself at photography, with such eagerness and anticipation that only a child can hold.

 
I photographed absolutely everything. 

Horses, cats, leaves, flowers, insects, sunsets. The list is long, but in general all that was to be found on the farm.

High school would prove to put an end to my creativity for a while. When I was a teenager, my interests were many, and I couldn’t seem to settle on one for more than a few days at a time. I was into photography, drawing and writing. But to really be good at something, you need to dedicate yourself to that subject. Therefore during my education, my photography was neglected.

After high school I decided to release myself from the students applying to college. Instead I got a job, and started working and saving. This is probably the best decision I ever made. It started out as a gap year, but has later just turned into my way of living. Someday - perhaps - I will find my way back the school bench.

With the stress and pressure from high school gone, I could really begin focusing on what I wanted to do with my life. I had more or less lost the motivation for photography, until I decided to give it another shot. During my school time, I would do small commissioned photo shoots, and some of these shoots woke the smoldering fire inside from my childhood. I knew my passion was still there, I just didn’t know how to find it.

During 2017 I have carried out a project of mine, called “Horses in Motion”.

Most of the photos you have seen during this week, have been from this project. I decided to photograph the horses only, without a human's influence. I collected horse models, that I would use for my own photo shoot, in which I decided what I wanted to photograph.
This also led me to more experience with light and different time settings, resulting in photos I haven’t been able to make before. I was often afraid to step out of my comfort zone, during the commissioned photo shoots. I stuck to the things I knew.

Even though this is not my profession yet, I have no doubt that the following years will change that. In February I’m travelling Norway, doing commissioned photo shoots and photographing more models to finish the last of my project. 

Remember: dreams come in a size too big, so we can grow into them.

Katja.

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www.katjajensenphotography.com

October - the Golden Month

Autumn. October.

Cold, dark, wet.

Sunny days, warm afternoons and golden leaves.

Just posting these pictures to cheer you up - it is not that bad after all!

You get to wear your dearest pullover, warm socks, enjoy fire, lid the candles.

You can walk in the forest, enjoy the fresh air and the morning frost -

with you dearest...

There are all the colours and shades in October.

Have a beautiful weekend!

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If you found a piece of jewellery in these pictures you would like to have,

please contact us! Enquiries and orders by email

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Foals of Birch Bark by Jenni Tieaho - what else?

Birch bark is very versatile material, and without it the life of the northern 

people would have been much more difficult in the old days. 

When soaked, resilient but easy to bend.

When dry, very hard, durable and beautiful.

Snow Foals   by Jenni Tieaho, 2009

Photo by Jenni Tieaho

These foals were seen in Mänttä Art Weeks as well.

Detail of a tail

See more of Jenni Tieaho´s work

HERE

Birch bark has been  used for example as a building material for roofs and isolating. 

All kinds of everyday necessities were made of it, too: 

back packs, food storage and cooking dishes, rings, musical instruments,
even shoes.

Birch trees are most common of Finland's deciduous trees, and in Finland's cold 

climate even partly competitive with Finnish forests dominating the spruce. 

Birch trees grow in the coniferous forest zone mixed with conifers, which makes 

them a significant species of hardwood.To get birch bark we don´t cut the 

trees, bark is taken off the trees that are cut anyway.

Birch bark is a fascinating material. No wonder, that Jenni Tieaho has

chosen to work with it side by side with other nature´s materials like willow.

Back pack

photo imgrum @aholan_talomuseo

Shoes

allthingsfinnish.tumblr.com photo by Marja Pirilä

Photo Tuohimuori, Marjatta Flander-Airola

Rattle and pot cleaner by Tuohimuori

Jewellery box

Photo kouttu.blogspot.fi

"poor man´s engagement ring"

by Tuohimuori

Making a birch bark roof

Photo yle.fi

Birch photo puusto.com

Just imagine yourself and your horse in a birch forest...

There´s no better forest for a forest ride!

Horse of Birch Bark by Jenni Tieaho

We visited Mäntän Kuvataideviikot, "Mänttä Art Weeks" a few weeks ago.
Now we would like to share something very special with you!

 The first thing we saw in the entrance hall as we arrived,
was this natural size horse sculpture .

The posture of the horse and the illusion of movement was so strong

 that you just waited for the horse to stand up, shake himself 

and chortle happily after wallowing on the ground.

The details were amazingly beautifully done.

Poultry netting and birch bark. 

                                                Absolutely fantastic.

The artist Jenni Tieaho, born in 1969. Works and lives in Lohja, Finland.

Artist of the year 2015

You can read more about Jenni and her work here:
Jenni Tieaho, Enviromental Art

7 x Zandra Ahl, Photographer of the Week 26/17

I have loved horses since I first visited my local ridingschool when I was 7 years old.
After that basically everything was about horses. I bought my first horse when I was 15 

and it turned out to be impossible to have just one so now I have three!

I have been interested in photography since I was a child. 
Even before I took interest in horses. 

My father and his father were into photography so it has been natural for

 me to take photos of everything in my life that I like.

After school I realized quite quickly that I wanted to work as an equine photographer. 

I saved some money to buy myself a DSLR camera and learned equine photography 

by taking photos of my friends horses, so I am basically self-taught.

I guess that I am a dreamer and also a stubborn person so without even thinking twice 

I started my company 2011 and I have never looked back once.

The main reason that I wanted to work with equine photography is that 

I love horses.

I love their beauty, their personalities, the happiness they give their owners. I can also 

combine my creativity in photography working with horses.

The best part of my job is to be able to give people
beautiful photos of their horses 

to remember them forever.

That is my main motivation and the meaning of my work.

See and learn more about Zandra on her

Web page

www.zahlo.se

Facebook

Zandra Ahl Photography

Instagram

zandraahl.photography

Thank you, Zandra, for your story and these wonderful photos.

We wish you all the best in the future!