-The Society is based on The island fortress of Suomenlinna (Viborg) to
which the overseer of the construction of the fortress, Count Ehrenswärd,
brought Helsinki′s first tiled ovens, in his coffers on his journey from
Sweden.
The founding members of the Society in the year 2000:
In the photograph, she is holding an old tile, found, well preserved,
during excavations at Turku Castle. The tile depicts a man and the text in
German reads: Herzog-Hans-Frid-Rich-Kurfürst. The tile is probably from
the 16th century.
-The Secretary of the Society is A-P Mustonen from Helsinki.
Uki Niemeläinen, a building contractor from Liperi, a man who has
dismantled about three hundred ovens,
Specialized masons Heikki Koskinen and Hannu Uksjärvi from Pori,
Erkki Kallonen, a skilled virtuoso who has dismantled over six hundred
tiled ovens in and around the Capital.
Joining the Society in the year 2001 were:
Renovators Jorma Pulla from Vihti (In 2003, Jorma Pulla was awarded The
Engel-Award for church art on behalf of his achievements on renovation works to over 300 buildings since 1969) and
Camilla Ståhle, a ceramist from Kemiö
Carl Irjala, a tiled oven expert, author, chimney expert and mason
Heikki O. Suikki, an artistic blacksmith and fabricator of oven doors,
Specialized masons Matti Räisänen and Pekka Alajoki, , who also fabricates contemporary tiled ovens and
Antero Raita, a dismantler of tiled ovens and Director of a construction bank from Pori and
Reino Kirjavainen, a tiled oven expert from Vantaa.
Jorma Veikkolainen a mason from Pernaja (see the building magazine
ÔRakennuslehtiŐ, no. 3 March 2003),
The ceramist Catharina Kajander (40 year/retrospective exhibition 2000 -
1918 at Hanko, March 2003)
Associate members for the year 2002:
Specialized masons Jussi Salonen from Laitila, Jari Tamminen from Naantali,
Britt-Marie Smeds, a ceramic artist from the Taalin Factory in Kemiö.
The Society has organized two exhibitions of old tiled ovens in Olkkala
and Suomenlinna.
The article "For the respect of old tiled ovens" about tiled ovens,
January 2003, in Meidän Talo-lehti (Our House magazine), and March 2003 in
Rakennus-lehti (Building magazine) an article about the Society and the
mason, Jorma Veikkolainen.
The aim of the Heritage Society is to bring artists from the same field
together, into congenial company. Everyone can learn something new when
knowledge and ideas are exchanged. Members convene two or three times a
year with one of the members acting as organizer.
The Society is not, then, a national organization open to all, rather it
is a society of experts enlightening each other.
Information about the Society, events and ovens
