Elsa Salonen

Heavenly Wooded Area (Coloursheds)

fragments of trees and animal bones collected from the Finnish forests, colours distilled or ground from them, glass, metal
2024, various dimensions

In Finnish nature worship, many old, large or oddly shaped trees were considered sacred. They were thought to act as mediators between this world and the afterlife. Sacred trees were believed to be connected to the spirits of both lost loved ones and hunted animals. The series 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘳𝘦𝘢 marks the artist’s first note – a kind of colour study – into this vast subject.

Thanks:
Art work photos: Joe Clark, 2024
Exhibition views: Ama Gallery, Helsinki, 2024

Heavenly Wooded Area (Coloursheds III)
fragments of trees and animal bones collected from the Finnish forests, colours distilled or ground from them, glass, metal 
2024, 32×110×17 cm
Heavenly Wooded Area (Coloursheds III)
fragments of trees and animal bones collected from the Finnish forests, colours distilled or ground from them, glass, metal
2024, 32×110×17 cm
Heavenly Wooded Area (Coloursheds I)
a fragment of a tree collected from the Finnish forests, colour pigments distilled from the trees, glass, metal
2024, 40x38x17 cm
Heavenly Wooded Area (Coloursheds I)
a fragment of a tree collected from the Finnish forests, colour pigments distilled from the trees, glass, metal
2024, 40x38x17 cm
Heavenly Wooded Area (Coloursheds II)
animal bones collected from the Finnish forests, colour pigments ground from the bones, glass, metal
2024, 30×40×17 cm
Heavenly Wooded Area (Coloursheds II)
animal bones collected from the Finnish forests, colour pigments ground from the bones, glass, metal
2024, 30×40×17 cm