Ritta is a London based Finnish conceptual costume designer working all over the world. Through studying she has worked in many different fields including photography and theatrical routes as well as her much less preferred BA (Hons) in illustration. It was really good to see someone so inspired by pretty much anything creative. With her fingers in so many pies it's a given that Ritta is a keen collaborator but it was also inspiring to see how this drove her career and how this comes out in her work.
one particular piece I was impressed with was the "snowflake" project. This is a series of photographs featuring Ritta in a self made snowflake costume around Finland. They were created to highlight the worrying effects of global warming and were inspired by her personal experiences of her home town. it was good to see how someone could pull from a personal experience/angle and still speak to so many so clearly.
Another element of Ritta's on going creativity that I really enjoyed was her "Mail Art". Until this talk I had no idea that you could send almost anything with a written address through the post. This is something she has been doing since university and was usually relevant to whatever she was working on if not just another observation of her surroundings. I really like the fact that this art again is very personal but still provokes questions and reactions from any viewer.
Ritta's advice was fundamentally based on collaboration and experience. She encouraged us to talk to anyone and everyone and when you see how far this has taken her it was hard not to feel motivated and inspired.
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