I would give you my hair if I could: Stories on women’s hair and lives
2021
Graphic design: Karoliina Pärnänen
Cover design: Lumi Tuomi
25 x 15 cm
1st edition of 7, handmade, selfbound.
2nd edition of 15, printed by Helsinki Bofori.
Summary
‘I would give you my hair if I could’
When my hair started falling out, my mother told me: I would give you my hair if I could. It was a sentiment that has stayed with me ever since, just like my mother stayed by my side when all of my hair was gone. She kept her promise and gifted me with a lock of her hair, which I crafted into an earring — to spiral on my shoulders where my own hair used to fall. Her intimate act, ignited in me an idea that perhaps, my femininity was not tied to my hair but my relationships with women around me were. My thesis explores women’s hair and hairlessness as storytellers of women’s lives, portraying the complex and diverse relationships that women have with their hair, and through it, with each other and the surrounding world.
Freesia
2021
Edition of 2
20 x 15 cm
I like forests where there are no roads
2020
23,5 x 17,5 cm
Edition of 7
