Visual Artist Elli Maanpää // Contact: elli@maanpaa.com
Remember Joulukorttikauppa: my online Christmas Card Shop? Well it’s not Christmas right now – even though it snowed yesterday in Finland – but I decided to open a Spring edition of the shop. There I sell my non-Christmas postcards and art prints during May 2017. From the selection you can find postcards for Finnish celebrations
The holiday season is coming closer. Do you know what that means? It means that Joulukorttikauppa volume 2015 has been opened. Wohoo! Joulukorttikauppa is a Christmas card shop founded last year by me and my brother Juho Maanpää. I’m the head designer but this year I’m so excited that we also have amazing Xmas card illustrations
On paljon asioita, joita ei muista arvostaa ennenkuin niitä ei ole. Esimerkiksi terveys. Olen perusterve nuori nainen, mutta olen muistanut olla siitä kiitollinen nyt vasta kun flunssa on iskeytynyt kehooni ja pakottanut minut lepäämään. Mutta olen myös kiitollinen flunssasta, sillä se on palauttanut minut olemaan läsnä kehossani – hetkessä kiinni. Usein eläessämme arkea surffailemme aivan
Postikorttiprojektin jälkeen olen jatkanut postikorttipapereille piirtämistä. Olet saattanut nähdä osan näistä piirustuksista instagram-tililläni @ellimaanpaa aiemmin. After the Postcard Project I have continue sketching on the postcard papers. You might have seen some of these drawings in my instagram account @ellimaanpaa earlier. Jos minulla ei ole musteita käden ulottuvilla olen käyttänyt väritykseen myös puuvärejä, … If I haven’t had inks at hand
Piirsin veljenpojilleni – jotka asuvat aurinkoisessa Californiassa – marsupostikortit. Jotta rauha säilyy kotona, lähetin molemmille oman kortin. Mukavaa viikkoa! I drew my nephews – who live in sunny California – guinea pig postcards. To keep the peace in the family I sent both their own card. Have a enjoyable week!
So November ended and with it ended the Postcard Project. Here is the last nine postcards sized art works I sent to wonderful people all around the world. 23rd The geometric carrot head to Mia 24.10.2014 24th Sleeping beauty in a morning sunshine to Pia 24.10.2014 25th Sparkling belle in red to Veera 25.10.2014 26th
The past week I’ve been on a road again. But that has not affected to the amount of days and postcard artworks done this week. 7 days 7 new postcards. If you have no idea what I’m talking about here is the Postcard Project in a nutshell: For every day in October 2014 I draw a
Here I am: the crazy postcard maker making my art. Today I’m going to show you to last weeks postcard sketches of the Postcard Project. Are you ready for 7 more postcards. If yes, roll down.Lady in Red. I bought a new shade of ink to celebrate the upcoming Christmas. 9.10.2014 Dramatic woman in the
Would you like to receive a self-made… …postcard… …from me? Yesterday I got an lovely idea thanks to my mom who asked me to draw a “Thank you” -card for our relatives. There is still couple of months left of my sketch-a-day challenge. For the whole year I’ve been sketching daily – sometimes big and bold paintings