Advent Calendar day 12

Merry Christmas

Illustrations by Minna Lehvöskaiho. Finnish artist

 

Advent Calendar Day 20

Merry Christmas

Illustration Minna Lehväslaiho, Finnish artist 

 

Friday is for Foxes

Happy fox mother

Illudtrstion Kikka Nyren, Finnish naive artist

Smiling foxex

Illustration Minna Lehväslaiho, Finnish Naive artist

Sussi-Ann Åberg, Finnish artist 

 Foxes spending free time

Illustration Tove Jansson, Finnish artist

 

Joys of Winter

 Joys of Winter by Finnish illustrators part 2.

Illustration Minna Lehväslaiho

Raija Männistö-Koski

Illustration Raija Nokkala

Reetta Isotupa-Siltanen

Illustration Rudolf Koivu

Illustration Virpi Pekkala

Red Houses at Christmas

Many wooden houses are painted deep red in Finland. The deep red tradition didn’t actually start in Finland, but rather, in Sweden.  The ores from copper mines in Falun produced iron oxide, a byproduct of burning the ore to obtain the copper. Originally the red dirt was considered trash and piled up beside the mine. A few hundred years later, someone noticed that the pile had not rotted or decayed and began manufacturing it as paint. Since it was cheap and easy to produce, many wealthy people did not use it, preferring to use expensive pigments in colors of yellow or white. Finland calls this red paint punamulta, or “red earth”. 

Red houses  at Christmas by Finnish illustrators

Illustration Aila Utriainen

Illustration by Anita Polkutie

Illustration  by Jaana Aalto

Illustration by Maikki Parikka

Illustration by Heikki Laaksonen

Illustration by Marjaliisa Pitkäranta

Illustration Minna Immonen

Illustration Minna Lehväslaiho

Illustration Omppu Omenamäki

Illustration by Raija Riihimäki

My red house ♥ at  Christmas time

 

Week 3 sent postcards

Nostalgic memory

Black cats

Art by  Enni Id, Finnish Naive artist from Padasjoki, Finland

Illustration Minna Lehväslaiho, Finnish

Winter Joy

Photos by Taneli Eskola, Finnish 

Helsinki view

Old bridge 

Liesjärvi National Park, Finland

 

Week 2 Sent postcards -

Happy ladies

Illustration Inge Löök, Finnish

Singing in the snow

Illustration Minna Lehväslaiho, Finnish

Illustration Minna Immonen, Finnish 

Bridge, Helsinki, Finland

Photo Taneli Eskola, Finnish 

Cute kitten

Seagull

 

White Christmas

Minna Immonen Finnish Postcrossing Friends' Artist of the Year 2021

Minna L. Immonen (born 23 January 1964 in Posio) is a Finnish visual artist best known for her postcards. He has designed a series of Valentine’s Day stamps released in 2000 as well as three Christmas stamps issued in 2009. Immonen has also designed children's tableware for Arabia and illustrated books by Anna-Mari Kaskinen and Sinikka Svärd.

Minna Lehväslaiho  -  Finnish Postcrossing Friends' Artist of the Year 2019

 

Minna Lehväslaiho is born in Helsinki, Finland on 1967. She started to publicly exhibit her work in 2009. She was awarded twice Artist of the Year in Finland for her postcard designs.

 

Mailbox on Monday

 Let's be friends

Sent by Masha in Krasnoyarsk, Russia

 on 29 Feb, 2020

travel time 17 days

distance travelled 3,874 km

received on 16 Mar, 2020 

 Facades of Spain. Illustration Moreva Anastasiia

Sent by Elena in Leninsk- Kuznetsky, Russia

 on 29 Feb, 2020

travel time 17 days

distance travelled 3,650 km

received on 16 Mar, 2020 

Diego Rivera.Detroit Industry Murals (1932- 1933 )

Sent by Carina in Long Beach, California

 on 28 Feb, 2020

travel time 18 days

distance travelled 8,719 km

received on 16 Mar, 2020

Illustration Minna Lehväslaiho, Finland

Sent by Nina in Sastamala Finland

Facebook swap "Smile and Cute"