We are two sisters, a visionary writer and a creative designer, born in Eastern Finland to a family of varied background – a mix of nomad spirited artistic father and a language teacher mother ever interested to learn new things.
We were brought up with stories about small creatures, nature spirits and gnomes in the Finnish nature, a mystical world painted by our father, whereas mother set up an example of importance of languages and expanding your world view by meeting people and how reading opens the way to new ideas and skills. With this heritage we create stories and products that draw their inspiration from Finnish nature, mythology and folktales.
We invite you to our magical world where wisdom of the past generations, beauty of the Finnish nature and spirits of the forest spark imagination, inspiration and joy.
Welcome,
Reetta & Riikka
Sauna Animals
Sauna animals were born out of Finnish folk tales and forest mythology – first as separate ideas: we explored sauna rituals and on the other hand animal mythology in the Finnish folk tales. Combining the sauna and the forest animals happened naturally – the steam, the spirit of the sauna took the shape of an animal.
Sauna Animals stories are written by Reetta – a human animal inspired by myths and the ancient connection between nature and man. In their dreams the magnificent deer run tall and free. The shape of the animals has been found by Riikka – an illustrator of forest and steam spirits. In their dreams the bears are playful and only a little scary.
We hope you find your own power animal, your sauna animal!
Saunaeläimet syntyivät tarinoista ja metsästä – ensin erillisinä ideoina: saunaan liittyvien rituaalien ympärille kehiteltynä sekä voimaeläinten ja suomalaisten kansantarinoiden innoittamina. Saunan ja metsäneläinten yhdistyminen tapahtui luontevasti, saunan löylyn henget alkoivat saada eläimen muodon.
Sauna Animals eläinten tarinat kirjoittaa Reetta, myyteistä ja luonnon ja ihmisen ikiaikaisesta yhteydestä inspiroitunut ihmiseläin jonka unissa hirvet juoksevat mahtavina. Eläinten muodon on löytänyt Riikka, metsän- ja löylynhenkien kuvittaja jonka unien karhut ovat leikkisiä ja vain vähän pelottavia.
Toivomme että löydät oman voimaeläimesi, saunaeläimesi!
Sauna Animals by Power Animals United Ltd
