Woodnotes Place Mats
PLACE MATS
PLACE MATS
Designed by Ritva Puotila
The collection features place mats made of paper yarn, woven onto a cotton warp.
INFORMATION
MATERIAL
- Paper yarn
- Oven onto a cotton warp
PACKAGE
4 pcs/package
DESIGN
There are four designs available:
- Morning
- Open Sky
- Vista
- Cloud
DESIGNER
RITVA PUOTILA
Ritva Puotila, artistic director of Woodnotes, founded Woodnotes with her son Mikko Puotila in 1987, basing the company on the concept of paper yarn. Puotila says that paper has properties that differ fundamentally from the other fibres she use
“ Paper has properties that differ fundamentally from the other fibres I use.”
- Ritva Puotila
Its lightness and rustling, its clean natural colour when unbleached, its whiteness and the glow of colour. Ritva Puotila has raised the status of this traditional Finnish material to a new level, that of designer textile.
From the start, the Woodnotes collection consisted of a broad range of interior textiles, from carpets and blinds to upholstery and small objects for the home.Woodnotes’ foray into this new field was rewarded immediately during its founding year with the French Oscar Prize, continuing with further recognition in subsequent years.
Woodnotes’ new pile rugs have their roots in the traditional Finnish ryijy, a rug-like tapestry. Puotila’s cooperation with the Friends of Finnish Handicraft continued until the 2000s. The success of the rugs steered the direction of her artistic energies from set decoration to textile design.
During her student years, Puotila worked with stained glass, and she brought its spirit to the first ryijy patterns she designed for competitions organised by the Friends of Finnish Handicraft. >>> Read More.
