Capturing the soul of Northern Wilderness
Teemu Järvi is an artist and designer of many talents. He specializes in wilderness themes and his art and projects include a wide range of printmaking, book and magazine illustrations as well as product designs and concepts.
Te works of Teemu Järvi derive from the artist’s lifelong love of nature. A ceaseless explorer of Finnish woods and lakes, Järvi is familiar with the wildlife through first-hand experience. He works with traditional tools such as the reed pen, creating works of art that transport us from our hectic urban existence to the soothing calm of primeval wilderness.
Teemu Järvi’s crafsmanship is intimate. Like an old-fashioned hunter-gatherer, he too has a deep connection with the tools and models he uses.
”I love the spontaneit and unpredictabilit of Chinese ink drawing.
I want to capture a sense of movement, light and shade of wilderness.”
”Te starting point for everything is feeling – capturing the soul of the animal, bird or plant in the illustration.”
”I collect the reed myself in lakes in Finland, so even my tools are handcra fed. Tat fascinates me a lot – drawing nature using nature. It’s natural, organic and timeless.”
© Susanna Vento
”Drawing with a reed pen and ink is a very traditional method, and it is difcult to control. When you draw with reed pen and ink you never know exactly what you will get, there is an element of surprise.
Te end result looks organic, like nature itself.”
Brand artwork examples: Japanese Gyotaku stle
Brand artwork examples: Black strokes
Collaborations
Joseph Abboud
Joseph Abboud
Muurla
Lapuan Kankurit
Sinebrychoff, design by Teemu Järvi
Teemu Järvi Illustrations is a design company
ofering nature-themed art prints, posters and calendars since 2012. Te company currently has over 100 resellers in Europe, North America and Japan. Read more about the brand here: www.teemujarvi.com
Exhibitions & fairs
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