Annikki goes through phases as an artist. She has been through her chalk drawing, textile designing, ginger bread houses, edible art, rubbish recreation and many other phases in her 60+ years. Each one is ahead of its time and a few years after she has exhausted her phase it can be seen in art decor magazines.
Her unique cake calendar adorned many tables across the world for the whole of 2005!
When she has ME guessing!
This year she wanted to protect the sand pit from cats in the neighbourhood who were using it as a toilet.
So she created a wigwam from chicken wire mesh, but her thoughts were not just about the protection as she was already thinking artistically as to how that wire mesh would look as winter snow and frost descended on Oulu.
A few weeks later she was hunting in Oulu hardware shops for all sorts of wire mesh as she had entered a wire mesh designing phase
Her first attempt was to create some cone covers for new plantings.
Then she created a bird which she hung on the tree in front of the garden,
Then she decided her wigwam needed some clouds hovering over it.
Many more creations have found their way into the garden. But now she has got me foxed as she has put a bundle in a wooden drum in the front of the garden and she has me guessing what this is going to turn out to be.
I will have a prize for anyone who correctly forecasts her intentions! (Honest, I have no idea what it is going to turn out to be!)
It's great fun to be married to someone who has retained her little girl character and enjoys playing with things!
