pale, subtle = dull color

a lamp again!
a chic lamp.

i love pale/subtle colors. i call those as "dull color."

happy birthday!

this is a wall hanging that i made for my friend V. she became 3 years old!
i enclosed V’s B.D party invitation card in between clear glasses and weld with color glasses as its frame.

the card was made by V’s mother H. through the invitation card, i imagined how they might made it together.
H is one of my ideal mother figure. H enjoys being with V and really carefully watches every small step that V makes. it is great to see how they are together.

in my childhood, my mother often baked a strawberry tart on my birthday. she knew i ever liked whipped cream and the strawberry tart with custard was the only i could enjoy from her recipe.
since then, whenever and wherever, i find a strawberry tart, i always remember my mother. i even could recall the image of my mother baking a tart and her baking book with the tart recipe and photos.

i liked V’s invitation card that especially made by H.
hopefully, V keeps my gift safely. someday she pulls it out and flashes back her memory from her 3 years old B.D party.

a salmon pink lamp

i went to the glass supplier, the one i hardly go. my last visit to this shop could be a few months ago. but as soon as the shopgirl found me, she asked me " are you still looking for this glass ?" she showed me a sheet of white glass with feathers pattern on it. (that's how i see it)
i asked about it last time, then the shop told me that they do not deal with it anymore.
since then, i could not find this type of glass anywhere around here.
oh yes, it was great to find it again. how nice of them to remember me and my request!

also i found and bought a sheet of glass with very subtle salmon pink color. and made this cylinder shape lamp with stripes, again.
likely color combination from me.

studio mates showed up. we planed to grow vegetables in our garden.
yo-ho!

a craft shop in helsinki

here is the shop "ARTISAANI" where they carry my glass boxes.
the shop is near the big white church. if you are in helsinki and happen to be around this corner, please stop by! they have cute and neat stuff.

ARTISAANI shop info
Unioninkatu 28, helsinki
http://www.artisaani.fi/

B.D party @ studio

i had my "pre-birthday party" at my studio. my real B.D is actually coming this week.
as i am expecting to go to other friend's B.D party this weekend, i held my B.D party a week earlier.

yes, my age is not what it says on the cake. it was baked by my friend S, she is a kind girl who made me some(?) years younger. how sweet of fer.

the party went fine.
nothing like a big party, but a small cosy party i wanted to have.
so i did not invite many people. just some friends who i consider as close friends and who i really want to know more were invited.
after all, there were 10 grown-up (includes me) and 2 babys ( 0 & 1 year old! young!)
started from 12:00 and end 18:00. so little one managed to join the party.
ice hockey match finland vs sweden was the night before my party. so people staied up late night and came to the party with hangover(?). we staretd off with drinking tea and very end of the part, we opened 2 bottles of bubbly wine. how modest and healty party......

thanks for my friends who came all the way to my countryside studio.
it was so sweet party! after the party, i went to bed with a feeling of love and happy.
thanks for my friends!

A CIRCUS lamp

a colorful cute lamp, i made and named it as " circus lamp."
creats really nice shadows on the wall, look!

i am planing to make an another "circus lamp" with a cylindrical shape.
it will be a nice one, too!

Mr J's ANDON lamp

this lamp was J orderd.

he chose glass colors for it, and we planed it together little bit of this and that.

today i brought it for him.

he likes it and that made me feel SUPER happy.

thanks, J!

ORIGAMI lamps

i made lamps with the combination of Japaese ORIGAMI papers and glasses.

great!

great photos

a photographer S took my work photos.

great job she did!

I LOVE THEM!

THANKS S!!!!

one day mobile lesson

it has been a wonderful weather. makes my days happier.
friends came to see me at the studio. how nice of them.

i have been thinking about giving one day lessen at my studio. however, i did not have a gut to start to do so. just was thinking and thinking.

then, K encouraged me and finally, i made a first step....made a sample.

glass mobile !

little houses with color glasses and tiny mirrors.

super cute!!

sun light reflects on the mirror and makes beautiful reflections on the wall and on the floor!!
turning and moveing slowly and leaving beautiful shadows everyweher in the room!!

sweet!!





one day mobile class ( may and june)

you can make a mobile with 2 houses ; mirrors and color glasses (red, blue, yelow, green, pink and purple)
your class date should be booked at least 2 days in advance by email.

for booking and questions: email me at kumayalasi(at)gmail(dot)com
date: anytime between 10:00 to 17:00 in may & june.
required time: 1~2 hours
place: at my stiod in espoo, near kauklahti station ( detail address will be sent by email. )
fee: 20 e ( includes material fee)