Man in a wooden suit: Finnish artist turns tree bark into art

Name: Man in a wooden suit: Finnish artist turns tree bark into art
Uploaded: 2023-12-05T14:57:45+00:00
Duration: 2 min 1 s
Channel: AFP English
Description: In his cabin nestled in southern Finland’s Asikkala, 87-year-old Erkki Pekkarinen deftly carves intricate strips of birch bark with his knife. While wood is often seen as a robust and inflexible material, Pekkarinen says that birch bark can be used to make "whatever your imagination will allow", including a wooden suit.

AFP English

3 years ago

In his cabin nestled in southern Finland’s Asikkala, 87-year-old Erkki Pekkarinen deftly carves intricate strips of birch bark with his knife. While wood is often seen as a robust and inflexible material, Pekkarinen says that birch bark can be used to make "whatever your imagination will allow", including a wooden suit.