Erna Aaltonen

Erna Kaarina Aaltonen (dem born am 1951) na pesin from Finland wey sabi mek clay pot an oda tins wit hand. Pipul sabi am well-well for im strong stoneware pots an vesels wey get beta teksho.

Laif an wok

Dem born Erna Kaarina Aaltonen for 29 April 1951 for Loimaa for Finland. E gradueyt for 1987 from di skul wey dem dey kol Kuopio Academy of Design for Kuopio, Finland.

Aaltonen wok as learner for di color laboratory for Arabia factories. Afta e finish skul, dem giv am wok for Arabia for di laboratory wey dem dey yuz develop new products. Na wen e dey wok for Arabia e meet artist wey dem dey kol Howard Smith, wey e later marry. Aaltonen bi one among small grup of ceramists wey start Arabia Pro Arte production. Dem dey wok close-close wit Arabia artists like Heljä Liukko-Sundström, Heikki Orvola, Inkeri Leivo an Kati Tuominen-Niittylä.

Aaltonen sabi well-well for di round pots an sculptural vesels wey e dey build wit hand by using long-long ribbon-like stoneware coils. From 1988 go rich 1995, Aaltonen an Howard Smith dey produce studio ceramics for Tervakoski under di name Arteos. By 1996, Aaltonen an Smith move go Fiskars for Uusimaa, Finland, an e get im own ceramics workshop.

From 1997, Aaltonen don dey show im work for Finland an oda kontris outside Finland. Di first exhibition wey e do for United States na for Dallas Art Fair for 2011. For 2012, Aaltonen get one exhibition wey only im work full inside wey dem title “Nostalgia” for Hedge Gallery for San Francisco, California. E get im work for inside museum collections too, including Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen for Rotterdam for Netherlands.