Artificial Reef, 2026

Material: 3D-printed PETG plastic
Size: 800 x 1800 x 1050 mm

The sculpture Artificial Reef is 3D-printed from PETG plastic, a material derived from petroleum—the same crude oil commonly used to make plastic beverage bottles. The universe is full of rock, metals, and stars, but materials created by living organisms, such as wood and oil, might only exist on Earth. This makes petroleum one of the rarest materials in the cosmos. It was formed roughly 200–300 million years ago from ancient marine organisms, such as plankton, compressed under immense pressure on the seabed.

With this artwork, I wanted to build a bridge between ancient biological history and contemporary digital fabrication. At the same time, it is a reflection on the overconsumption of our era. We have built our entire modern society on oil, while simultaneously depleting the Earth's reserves of this millions-of-years-old material. Petroleum and plastic have been reduced to something mundane, even despised. We have forgotten to feel gratitude toward this unique biological and material heritage.

The artwork was exhibited in the spring of 2026 at Aalto University’s Marsio building in Otaniemi, Espoo, as part of the Sculpting Time group exhibition.

Root System, 2025 

Material: 3D-printed PLA plastic
Size: 2000 x 2000 x 2000 mm

My own ancestral roots trace back to the countryside of Iisalmi. The sculpture Root System was exhibited at the Iisalmi Koivukuja Biennale in 2025. In my relationship with my own history, there are discontinuities that manifest as various fractures within the sculpture. The artwork was created by 3D printing hundreds of individual sections using plant-based PLA plastic. Its formal language combines elements of everyday life with organicmathematical models.