My Vintage Precious: Lasse Ursin's Desk

My Vintage Precious is a monthly series where I ask people working on the creative field to share their most beloved second hand possessions and reveal the stories behind them.

Photo © Salla Poutiainen |
Painting on the background by Pyynö Hietajärvi

"My favorite vintage possession is an old school desk that’s been on my family all my life. When I was a kid, the desk served as a craft table for me and my siblings. Later when we were older, it was placed on the verandah of our house where it was used as a smoking table. When I moved on my own, I took the desk with me.

Photo © Salla Poutiainen

Depending on where I lived, the desk has been placed either outside on the balcony or indoors. The table’s legs are very short, and as a grown-up, my own legs couldn’t fit under it anymore. I resolved the issue by adding wheels on to it. Besides being more spacious, it’s now easy to move around when need it.  

Maybe because it’s an old school desk every time I sit on front of it, I instantly get in to a 'work mode'. Even though it's now located at my home, not my studio space, it works as a kind of a mini-office where I edit my videos and do all the writing stuff.

Photo © Salla Poutiainen

Since the desk has been kept outdoors, the surface is very rustic and aged. When we were kids, me, my brother and sister used to carve things on it. I actually still sometimes do that. If I get preoccupied I may write, paint or carve something on it. I like the fact that the table is a piece which surface is always in constant change." 

Photo © Salla Poutiainen

Thank you very much for Lasse sharing his story!

Lasse Ursin is a visual artist residing in Lahti, Finland. If you want to get to know his kinetic sculptures, you can visit his home page here: http://www.lasseursin.tk/

To connect with Lasse, go to his Fb page: http://www.facebook.com/lasseursinart?fref=ts

The cool shirt that he is wearing on the photos is Hydra’s. Hydra is a Lahti based art collective where Lasse is a member. If you want to order one of their t-shirts, you can contact the guys via email: hydralahti [at] gmail.com. Hydra is also found online here: http://hydralahti.blogspot.fi/

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Ps. Want to be featured in MVP? If you feel that you have an interesting story to tell, feel free to contact me at salla [at] houseofpo.com.

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Comic © Pyynö Hietajärvi

PoVintage's Two-Headed mayhem has now taken over social media and it seems there's no stopping him. To get to know all things Sloth, connect with the Champion of Mischief here: http://www.facebook.com/po.sloth

Illustration © Pyynö Hietajärvi

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Orders, liquorice and Ulpu the Style Master

The little package on the photo began it's journey towards the States couple of weeks ago, luckily I had the time to snap a picture before mailing it.

For some reason the black & white wrapping paper made me yearn for liquorice, so I had to go to the nearby candy store and get some. The pieces looked so nice I wanted to snap a quick photo of them, just for fun. Apparently I wasn't doing a proper job arranging them, since Ulpu soon jumped in:

"...and little to the right."

So here it is, liquorice arranged by Ulpu. I swear I haven't touch them after she started meddling.

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Shhh

Very simple joke but works.

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My Little Assistant

"No fooling around here. Crafting jewelry is serious business."
Photo © Salla Poutiainen

It's about time to introduce my co-worker, Ulpu. She's a two-year-old, half Russian blue and half British short hair cat girl.

Taking a nap on a most hideous keyboard known to man.
  Photo © Salla Poutiainen

I never had a pet growing up, so before Ulpu came to us, I didn't understand how attached you can get with such a little creature. I love all the silly sounds she manages to purr and how she makes me laugh every day. If it was possible, me and Mr. would take a second furry companion right away.

The photos above are old ones, dating at least a year back. Because of her own safety, she isn't allowed in our studio space anymore, but she keeps me company during coffee breaks and assists me while taking product photos for Po Vintage.

Photo © Salla Poutiainen

We've been incredibly lucky with her because regardless of her young age, she's really sweet and obedient little feline. She does of course get quite playful and attention driven at times and the other day she managed to wreck my studio while hunting a banana fly. It's quite impossible to get mad at her though. Also, looking back her interference was in fact a good thing. I finally understood to take a much needed coffee break.

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Iku photo in PhotoVogue

One of the photos I took for my Fool's Gold collection made it to Vogue Italia's PhotoVogue page.

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Po hearts George Carlin

I realized I haven't posted any stand-up in a while and this needs to be fixed immediately. Lately I've been watching/listening a lot of George Carlin. The man was an absolute genius. Here's some of his thoughts about soft language.

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