Irina Pått

IRINA PÅTT, DESIGNER: PLYWOOD, PAPER AND LIGHT

Irina Pått was born in 1944 in Härnösand, Sweden, and currently lives and works in Helsinki. During the years 1986-1990 she lived and worked in Canada, where she 1994 had her first solo exhibition abroad: Paper Works in the gallery of Canadian Sculptor’s Society in Toronto. She has a MA degree from the University of Art and Design in Helsinki 1990. Her works are in the Finnish State Art Collection, several public institutions and private collections. ​
She has represented Finland by participation in several touring group exhibitions all over the world. In her work, her curiosity for new materials and methods have been dominant. The materials in her light installations have been new and recycled paper supported by a metal grid. In the latest light works she is using parchment paper. The plywood works are produced by a computer aided technique. LED light is a common feature in most of the wooden works.​

Portfolio: https://lumidesign.fi/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Portfolio.pdf

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TECHNICAL DATA / MATERIALS FOR BIRCH PLYWOOD RELIEFS

Under the thin individually oated top layer of veneer, there are 11-29 layers of birch plywood that enables the final striping pattern of the wood. Primarily the plywood is 15 mm thick, the one with broad stripes has 11 layers, the one with thin stripes has 29 layers.

Manufacturing technology of plywood works:

Milling the surface gives the plywood works their characteristic striped image which is achieved by CAM (Computer-aided manufacturing) with CNC-machinery. This working process allows outer dimensions of the plywood up to; 1250 x 2200 mm. After milling the works are polished by hand.

It is possible to produce numerous combination options of the figures or patterns in size 300×400 mm to 1000×1000 mm, sizes of figures being from100x100mm to 800×800, repeating one or more figures and the mirror image of those. The starting point of the design has been the SEVEN DANCERS group or the abstract YYTERI pattern. New compositions are created by combining the figures in new compositions.

To prevent twisting, the works are finished on both sides with durable moisture-resistant water-soluble special wax (natural, white, or black).

The restrained colouring option on the surface could be the natural colour or white that blends into many spatial solutions.

Lights of the works:

A lasting result is obtained with bars going around the edges on the backside of the work, inside which the light LED points are located.

Design and light are combined in the works. LED: Osram Back LED L Plus, duration about 50.000 hours. The latest LED technique is used in the works.The lights can be on all the time. The works do not need framing as Paper Art works do.