Here Tapio Wirkkala is working on the huge and beautiful veneer relief he designed for Montreal.[1] Four metres wide and nine metres long, the relief is composed of twenty-three pieces; a total of five and a half cubic metres of plywood was used for the sculpture, and T.W. had four men to help with the carving, using axes and chisels.
[1] Other large pieces represent Finland and its arts and crafts in the Scandinavian Pavilion at the Fair Montreal: a survey of ceramic by Birger Kaipiainen, a carpet by Uhra Simberg, a relief glass by Timo Sarpaneva, an embossed copper bas-relief by Laila Pullinen.
