Villagers - 10 Stunning Crochet Sculptures by Liisa Hietanen

Villagers is a beautiful collection of crochet sculptures created by artist Liisa Hietanen. She is a Finnish artist who enjoys creating life-sized crochet characters of neighbors and others. She makes her life-sized sculptures using crochet and knitting. She graduated with a Bachelor of Design from Lahti University of Applied Sciences in 2007 and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Tampere University of Applied Sciences in 2012. She currently lives and works in Hameenkyro, Finland. She created her fellow villagers from Finland as crochet sculptures. She draws inspiration from the everyday people she meets at work, the library, the gym or while jogging. Creating such life-sized sculptures takes a lot of time and energy, but she enjoys her work.