Kaarina Tiainen

The lifetime goal of textile designer Kaarina Tiainen is to protect the endangered Saimaa ringed seal. Besides conservation work in the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation, Kaarina is designing and making quality textiles in her own Tintinsiipi company. The idea for her unique textile pattern of the Saimaa ringed seal originates from the popular wildlife animal patterns such as leopard and zebra. The Saimaa ringed seal craved for its own pattern.