Kaapeliaukio 1
00180 Helsinki
0504080991
Others, Painting
My name is Sari-Aino Tolonen, and I´m an encaustic artist from Helsinki. In the 2010´s I became acquainted with the Encaustic Art (beeswax art), which made a huge impression on me. I found a teacher, the artist Belén Millán from Spain. She taught me this traditional encaustic painting technique. Already during my training, I discovered that the technique provides excellent opportunities to express art because it´s suitable for both - performing and abstract art. The technique enables the tooling of various surface structures. In addition, I can paint thin layers of lumionuos light or several different layers of wax on top of each other, after which I can dig out colors from the lower layers. Indeed the technique allows a huge number of different options.
During Konstrundan, you are able to come to see me painting and try out this interesting technique yourself. Last year, during Konstrundan, many visitors tried out encaustic painting and it was a real success.
From the glass courtyard to the E staircase, down to the ground floor or from the courtyard to the D staircase and to the ground floor by elevator or stairs