Eetu Sihvonen
Eetu Sihvonen (b. 1994) lives and works in Helsinki. They often work with traditional materials such as wood and metal, as well as 3D printing and animation. Sihvonen merges these processes into installations and singular works, which are informed by traditional handicraft techniques, storytelling, and the world of role-playing games. Their works have been previously exhibited in the Gaa Gallery, New York, US, Community Centre, Paris, France; Holešovická Šachta, Prague, Czech Republic; and Pitted Dates, Helsinki, Finland.
Selected works
View: ,Mourning Dew V (”Ahh… What’s left of me flows away”)
Oak wood, 3D printed soy-based resin, paraffin oil, dye 90×28×23cm 2024
Mourning Dew I (”Ever upward, yet ne’er arrived”)
Oak wood, 3D printed soy-based resin, paraffin oil, dye 80×26×23cm 2024
Mourning Dew IV (”I watch but I dare not follow”)
Oak wood, 3D printed soy-based resin, paraffin oil, dye 69×26×23cm 2024
Mourning Dew III (”One gentle push more, perhaps?”)
Oak wood, 3D printed soy-based resin, paraffin oil, dye 64×24×23cm 2024
Mourning Dew II (*Wooden gears crack, water flows in a quiet rush*)
Oak wood, 3D printed soy-based resin, paraffin oil, dye 73×20×17cm 2024