I was trained in jewellery design at the Lahti Institute of Design’s School of Goldsmiths, graduating in 1997. Today I work as an entrepreneur. I plan and create my own designs and custom-made orders.

Throughout my professional career, I have wondered in the worlds of a goldsmith, jewellery designer and artist, without ever really feeling the sense of fully belonging in any of these worlds. During my first ten years, I was working hard to make it in the industry while trying to find my own style at the same time.

As a newly graduated designer, I was employed by Marja Suna. I was making challenging yet interesting jewellery based on Marja’s designs. I greatly admired her continuous passion for design and dreamed of one day finding a similar creative state myself.
For a long time, I had a feeling inside of me that I could not fully express in the way that I wanted to. I had plenty of ideas, but the execution never quite worked. Finally, my colleague Kristian Saarikorpi introduced me to the 3D modelling technique, which opened a whole new world for me. By utilising this technique, I was able to realise my jewellery designs down to the finest detail. The sky was my only limit and I let my imagination fly.

In 2009, one of my greatest dreams in the field of design came true as I joined the design team of the jewellery brand Lumoava. You can explore Lumoava’s collection here.

Glass fusing has been a beloved hobby of mine for 15 years already. In addition to designing jewellery, glass fusing has been an important way of channeling my art. With a grant received at the beginning of 2020 from the Finnish Cultural Foundation, I was able to concentrate on working with glass for six months, inspired by my jewellery world. During this time, I got the spark to continue working in the world of glass more passionately than ever. In the future, my portfolio will include glass designs in addition to my jewellery designs.