Glory to the Doers! (pt. 2)

It's time to reveal more facts about P-pas' doers! So, who's exactly behind these P-pas posters and what should be expected from her in the future? The key words are Get Printed. Let the interview tell you more.

Name: Maria Niemi. For some reason "tiger" has come a nickname of mine, and I tend to use that name in my work

Age: I think I will never grow up

Hometown: I live in Hämeenlinna at the moment, but I hope I will move to Lahti or Helsinki next year. I dream of living abroad.

Contact me: e-mail: dyeorbleach@hotmail.com

Three sources of inspiration: I've been inspired by stuff that most of the time is the opposite of beautiful. Bruises, scars, scratches etc. are very interesting. I'm also inspired by symmetry and simplicity. For example a circle is a very clear and beautiful shape. I don't know why, but I have this thing for old gentlemen. They inspire me year after year, and I get butterflies in my stomach everytime I meet one.

When I grow up I will be: a graphic designer or such, a journalist, an illustrator, or an unemployed artist

Often my work shows what I'm interested in at the moment. Usually they include some symbolism or maybe even a contention. Drawing and typography are my ways to interact with the world and the people around me. My work can be described as naive and childish, because I think it's the way to make things easier to approach. This can be seen for example in my t-shirt prints. The theme is violence and love (ah, what a cliché). The prints are quite simple and more cute than scary, even though they are about serious issues. It is important to talk about things, even if they are painful. That is why my work is what it is. I want to make people talk.

Glory to the doers! (part 1)

The first designer I found to P-pas was this guy I accidentally bumped into on a Finnish art website. He had posted there a drawing of his: a washing machine flooding music waves. I had to get him to this team, and luckily this graphic design student agreed! So far, there are 2-3 designs from him to be expected for the Get Printed -collection coming to P-pas webstore in November. Hopefully our partnership will continue - which actually depends on you guys! There are lots of awesome prints coming up, but they can't all be launched at the same time for economical reasons. Voìla anyways some pictures to show what Mitro Leijona and his style is about at the moment.

Artist name: Mitro Leijona

E-mail: ariwa_@hotmail.com
Three most important inspiration sources: Loose, yet profound style is an inspiring all-time classic. A power failure on a dark autumn night, when candles set a special ambiance. The third one's the dusky 60's-70's jamaican ska-music that I've been listening from my record player pretty often nowadays.

"I try to utilise my continuously developing personal style and daring to trust in my own vision in my artwork and prints. These present, also the first, prints are affected by music, spiced up with organic lines and pleasing colours. From these elements I aim to construct a kind of fresh'n'playful ensemble. You can find vinyls, as they are second to none, and flooding wavelenghts in my designs."

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- Essi