{"id":8706,"date":"2015-11-02T15:56:29","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T15:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=8706"},"modified":"2015-11-02T15:56:29","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T15:56:29","slug":"bute-park-inspired-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/bute-park-inspired-art","title":{"rendered":"Bute Park art in Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bute Park\u2019s trees reach foreign lands as part of a Finnish artist\u2019s collection on trees with human forms.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tiina Harjola was only in Cardiff for her holidays, but Bute Park\u2019s huge variety of tree species inspired the Finnish ceramicist to resume a project she had started in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will use the photographs I took to continue a series of silkscreens on clay. I paint the trees as if they were people as I am inspired by their forms,\u201d revealed the foreign artist who has been working with clay for over 26 years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9624\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9624\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/tina-harjola-bute.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9624\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/tina-harjola-bute.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9624\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/tina-harjola-bute.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Tiina Harjola was inspired by Bute Park. Her new clay artwork will feature Cardiff\u2019s park trees. (\u00a9 Karla Pequenino)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite coming to Cardiff to unwind, Tiina sees holidays as a big part of her work: \u201cFeeling relaxed gets ideas flourishing. I liked the trees in Bute Park and the way people acted. Everyone seemed very stress-free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her works are all based on human relations and nature, so travelling is a big part of the self-taught artist\u2019s creations. In fact, her passion for ceramics was born during her first trip to Japan.<\/p>\n<p>According to Tiina, \u201cIs it important to see other places as an artist, so I travel quite a lot. The different shape of landscapes, plants, colours and light feed my inspiration and the stories behind the art pieces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Tiina Harjola&#8217;s work on human relations and nature\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8706 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Tiinas-work-Lost-reality-199x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Tiinas-work-Lost-reality-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Tiinas-work-Lost-reality-500x754.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Tiinas-work-Lost-reality.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8731'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;Lost reality&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Tiina-ceramics-Wrong-memory-223x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Tiina-ceramics-Wrong-memory-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Tiina-ceramics-Wrong-memory.jpg 371w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8730'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;Wrong Memory&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Tiinas-work-Towards-home-199x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Tiinas-work-Towards-home-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Tiinas-work-Towards-home-500x754.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/Tiinas-work-Towards-home.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8732'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;Towards Home&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><sub><em>(Source: Tiinaharjola.fi)<\/em><\/sub><\/p>\n<p>Bute Park was a pleasant surprise, as the craftswoman believes nature tends to have a stronger presence in Finland than in the UK: \u201cFinns still have a very strong connection to nature and people often go for walks in the forest. Walking through Bute Park was a different, but enjoyable, experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With plenty of wildlife and over 3,000 different tree types, \u2018Cardiff\u2019s green lung\u2019 offers a great scenery. The park will now become part of the artist\u2019s growing collection of world nature captured through art.<\/p>\n<p>Tiina has already returned to her workshop in Salo, Finland, but those interested can view and purchase her work online though her <a href=\"http:\/\/tiinaharjola.fi\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bute Park&#8217;s trees inspired a Finish artist in her newest clay project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":407,"featured_media":9625,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-8706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-culture","category-global-city"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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