The development of Liina Viira’s items is rooted in hands-on processes. Furniture and objects move between function and sculpture, guided by weight, surface and balance rather than repetition.

Wool rugs translate traditional mitten patterns into new scales and spatial contexts. They are produced locally and rethought for contemporary interiors.

Merino wool textiles, teddy and knit, are printed, heat-set and manipulated in-studio, using steam, pressure and time as operative tools. These materials develop into clothing forms, including knits, hand-printed garments and swimwear. They are built from fabrics with memory and soft structures approaching sculpture.

Knitwear, practiced for over twenty years, remains a central and ongoing area of development.

Alongside this are embossed leather works referencing traditional nahkehistöö, reworked without nostalgia through contemporary making, as well as small metal jewellery pieces conceived as wearable sculptures.

This practice remains in active development, with directions evolving through process, intuition and demand.