Stone Age memory meets Shaki silk
Europe
Finland’s lakeside cliffs hold 5,000-year-old paintings in red ochre — the same mineral found in Azerbaijan’s Gobustan petroglyphs. When the oldest human marks meet the oldest silk tradition, something ancient becomes new again.
1 artist · 1 collection
Finest silk dyed with natural roots.
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The Saimaa Collection
by Aino Mäkinen · Stone Age rock art motifs, iron-oxide natural dye
12 pieces
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Aino Mäkinen
Aino Mäkinen grew up on the shores of Lake Saimaa in southern Finland, where the granite cliffs along the waterways still hold 5,000-year-ol…
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Aino Mäkinen
Aino Mäkinen grew up on the shores of Lake Saimaa in southern Finland, where the granite cliffs along the waterways still hold 5,000-year-old paintings in red ochre — human figures, elk, boats, and geometric marks left by Stone Age hunters who believed the rock was alive. She spent her childhood tracing these shapes with her fingers. She spent her adulthood learning to press them into silk.