Kalle Pihlajasaari - Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA

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Hear the Harp of Väinämöinen

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Kalle Pihlajasaari

Hear the Harp of Väinämöinen

In the Kalevala, the epic poem of Finnish folklore, it relates
how the first Kantele was made by the prototypical image from
the jawbone of a giant Pike and the hair of the Devil’s Gelding
for strings.  Only he could play it successfully.  The Zither or
harp like instrument has regained its popularity in Finland.

Kalle Pihlajasaari
Johannesburg, South Africa

Paper Dimension: 245 x 190 mm
Image Dimension: 200 x 145 mm
Block: Lino cut, Brass rules
Pigment or Ink: Artists oil paint, foiling ribbon, artists water
colours
Paper: Scotia Wove 240 gms, 50% Cotton, natural colour
Edition: 50
Comments:  My Funditor galley proof press has no grippers so I
get some smudges, this paper does not take to damping hence the
spotty solids when printed dry. Gold foiling on a vintage
Kingsley hand foil press and colours by hand.
Derived from a drawing by Kati Vuorento, used with grateful
permission.

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