Vuoren Kasvit

 This linen fabric features the Vuoren Kasvit pattern, which is printed in Helsinki.

Printing large-print fabrics using the flatbed method leaves a repeat line at the edge of the pattern, and the prominence of this line depends on the fabric´s colour and pattern. The repeat line is not a flaw but a feature of the printing technique that can also be used as an effect.

While living in the Appalachian Mountains in North America, Maija Isola took long walks and brought back with her big plants which she used as subjects for both paintings and fabric patterns. The delicate, naturalistic Vuoren kasvit (mountain plants) was created in 1979.