Matti Pikkujämsä I

Matti Pikkujamsa's illustrations for 'Hipinäaasi apinahiisi' written by poet Ville Hytönen (Hipinäaasi apinahiisi, Tammi 2013) is a tale of two lonely and socially excluded characters who find each other and find friendship and happiness. Matti's illustrations are some of my favourites with a wonderful painterly style combined with superb visual layout and design.

Matti Pikkujämsä V

Shooting into space this week and I am starting with an illustration from the cover of a book illustrated by Finish illustrator Matti Pikkujämsä and written by poet Jukka Itkonen, which asks all about peoples favorite foods, from grandmothers to yeti's and astronauts.

Matti Pikkujämsä IV

My last post on Matti Pikkujämsä this time to show you some of his illustrations for classic fairy tales top there is 'Billy Goats Gruff' and bottom; 'The Town Musicians of Bremen'.

Matti Pikkujämsä III

Finnish illustrator Matti Pikkujämsä has no website I have scrabbled around the web trying to find images of his work which I think is very special, I wish his books were published in English but then they would probably be altered beyond the text and I just love them their fun, colours and composition. These images are from the book Сокровища лесных эльфов by Реетта Ниемеля

Matti Pikkujämsä II

These calendars were my first exposure to Matti Pikkujämsä's work, the design and character of them is superb, in recent years Matti's work has been made into textile designs and illustrations 

Matti Pikkujämsä I

Today I am featuring the work of Matti Pikkujämsä a Finnish illustrator who's work is wonderful and if I am honest has such classic design that I thought it was vintage 20th Century until I researched further. This year he was awarded the Rudolf Koivu Prize.