Melissa Sammalvaara

Melissa Sammalvaara is an adventurous artist based in Espoo and various campsites around Finland. Currently she is experimenting on rya, finding new approaches and techniques to combine with more traditional working methods. Sammalvaara creates her artworks - the rya rugs - by hand with various techniques: weaving, knotting and tufting, sometimes even knitting. Nature and our relation to it is a large inspiration for her, which can be seen in her mossy, luscious artworks and the preference in ecological and second hand materials.

The Mättäät series is an ever-expanding collection of various moss-like artworks. Each piece in the series is hand-tufted from recycled materials, making every piece unique. The artworks are signed and numbered.