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Christmas at Glass
Village 13 Dec
Blow your own glass ornament.
For Christmas lovers of all ages, the day also offers a Tonttupolku (Elf Trail), a chance to meet Santa Claus, and gingerbread decorating.
Nuutajärvi Glass is a center for handmade glass art. In the Glass Village, glassmakers create their works by hand, drawing inspiration from the village’s over 200-year glassmaking tradition, the collaborative spirit of its artists, and the surrounding lush nature. The galleries invite you to explore the forms of the artworks and the fascinating techniques behind them.
Tommi Ketonen is a glass artist based in Helsinki, known for his large-scale sculptures made using the graal technique. In this method, layers of mouth-blown colored glass are combined into a unified sculpture. Images are carved and painted inside the glass before the final shaping. Ketonen carries out every step himself – blowing, engraving, painting, and coldworking. The creation process shifts between physical intensity and meticulous, meditative focus.
The images embedded within the sculptures come alive as light and viewing angles change. Ketonen’s work explores themes of life and death, pop aesthetics, and organic form. His background as a watchmaker and tattoo artist is reflected in his uncompromising craftsmanship, visual precision, and bold use of color.
Gallery open every day 9–17.
Phone: +358 40 844 7024
Email: tommi.ketonen123@gmail.com
Janne Rahunen is a glass artist working in Nuutajärvi, where he also graduated as a glass artisan and glassblower from the Nuutajärvi Glass School. He creates unique sculptures and large-scale installations using a wide range of glassblowing techniques, with a particular focus on reticello. His material palette also includes wood, metal, and mirrored glass.
Vitality and the preservation of life are central themes in Rahunen's work. The elements embedded within the glass are optically precise and technically challenging. In installations made of mirrored glass, Rahunen explores the tension between progress and nature, and the allure of surface and shine. Technical accuracy and the visual qualities of glass often serve as the starting point for his pieces.
Gallery open by request:
Phone: +358 44 370 8334
Email: info.rahunen@gmail.com
Henri Carrara is a glass artist based in Nuutajärvi, originally from Cape Town, South Africa. He works across a broad range of techniques—including graal, sand casting, kiln casting, painting, and fusing—continually pushing the expressive potential of glass. His handcrafted pieces highlight the material’s inherent transparency and the luminous, refractive qualities of solid glass.
Carrara draws inspiration from nature, science, people, and music. His practice spans both abstract and figurative themes, often weaving elements of African art into contemporary glassmaking. He hosts exhibitions and concerts in his home gallery in Urjala, and in 2025 he opened a second gallery in the Nuutajärvi Glass Village.
Gallery open every day 9–17.
Phone: +358 45 349 7743
Email: henri.carrara@gmail.com
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