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Maunula Collection

Audience looking at the models showing the Maunula Collection
Image by Jaime Culebro.

Maunula Collection claims fashion as a public art form and celebrates the power of local handicraft.

By occypying the looms at the Saunabaari community centre and running a crafts course at the Adult Education Centre, artist Otto Karvonen and designer Justus Kantakoski led a collaborative, experimental fashion process from weaving the materials to tailoring the garments.

The co-design process included the use of recycled materials as well as experiments with weaving patterns and textile printing.

Getting material for the workshop from local second hand shop
Image by Kaisa Kukkonen.
Maunula Collection, Making fabrics at Saunabaari Community Centre
Image by Jaime Culebro.
Making fabrics at Saunabaari Community Centre
Image by Jaime Culebro.
Participants' coffee break at Saunabaari weaving workshop
Image by Jaime Culebro.
A detail from a fabric
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Planning details for the fabric at the Maunula Collection design workshop
Image by Jaime Culebro.
Detail from a fabric
Image by Jaime Culebro.

A 'catwalk' street performance launched the collection on the Night of the Arts in Maunula on 23.8.2018.

Maunula Collection, all the models
Image by Jaime Culebro.
Audience looking at the models showing the Maunula Collection
Image by Jaime Culebro.
Five models standing back to the camera
Image by Jaime Culebro.
Maunula Collection, model with a mask
Image by Jaime Culebro.
Maunula Collection, model with a big hood
Image by Jaime Culebro.
Two men having drinks after fashion show
Image by Jaime Culebro.

Maunula Collection
workshop, fashion line, performance by Justus Kantakoski and Otto Karvonen

Weaving expert
Virve Väyrynen

Experimental textiles expert
Emilia Kuurila

Co-design group
Merja Aro
Linda Backström
Jaime Culebro
Oliver Eagle-Wilsher
Pouram Ebrahimi
Christina Fransas
Jenni Hallikainen
Annika Huvinen
Nina Ingalsuo
Jasmine
Sira Niipola
Maarit Kiviniemi
Outi Luukkonen
Daniel Malpica
Anna Niinimäki
Liisa Nummela
Marja Oksa-Pallasvuo
Tuula Saari
Juha Saitajoki

Models
Otto Karvonen, Kaisa Kukkonen, Liisa Nummela, Otto Rokka, Rauno Rönnberg

Thanks to
Fida
Helsinki Adult Education Center
Lankamaailma
Lankava
Maunula House
Saunabaari Community Centre
Suomen lanka

The project with Otto Karvonen and Justus Kantakoski was co-produced by m-cult in May-August 2018 in context of the Collaborative Arts Partnership Programme, supported by the Creative Europe programme.

This production is part of:

Maunula Collaborations

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