Riikka Räisänen
Biographic Data
| ID | 213465 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Riikka Räisänen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Riikka |
| FAMILY NAME | Räisänen |
| SIGNATURE | RÄISÄNEN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2918-3739 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Heritage “Nettle” Sheet Reveals the First Physical Evidence of a Hemp/Hop Textile from Denmark
From Bark to Dye—Ethnographic Black and Grey Alder Recipes from Finland and Estonia
Ethnographic sources from Finland and Estonia in the 18th to early 20th centuries often mention alder bark as a dye source. The bark of grey alder (Alnus incana) and black alder (Alnus glutinosa) was used to dye wool and linen yarns reddish, paint leather red, and darken linen fishing nets. These recipes were simple folk craft and are not represented in dye books. Combining various sources, a selection of ethnographic and historical recipes was r…
Rotting for Red
This article sheds light on the historical dyeing traditions of rural inhabitants of the Eastern Baltic region. The 19th- and early 20th-century Estonian archival sources mention that rotted alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus Mill.) bark was used to dye woollen yarn red. The bark was rotted by leaving it outside for weeks or months before dyeing. Although dyeing red with alder buckthorn bark by fermenting it in wood ash lye is well known, the combin…
Tradition in Action-Traditional Costume Innovations
Traditional costumes and crafts are a basic form and element of local culture and a vital pathway for perpetuating traditional art and design culture. They are an artistic form of historical and cultural significance. This paper focuses on three traditional costumes from Malta, Ireland, and Finland. The għonnella, worn by Maltese women of different social classes, consisted of a voluminous cape-like covering reinforced with whalebone and cardboar…
Identifying Late Iron Age textile plant fibre materials with microscopy and X-ray methods - a study on finds from Ravattula Ristimäki (Kaarina, Finland)
In Finland, the earliest remains of a Christian church and cemetery date to the Late Iron Age (800-1150/1300 AD) and have been excavated in Ravattula Ristimäki, in Kaarina, southwestern Finland. In this study, seven assumingly plant fibre textile samples from individual inhumation graves were analysed to identify their materials. The aim of the study was to investigate the possibilities of identifying archaeological plant fibre samples using a th…
Examining the White Karelian Textile Tradition of the Late Nineteenth Century—Focus on Plant Fibers
Collection SU4522 in the Finno-Ugric Collections of the National Museum of Finland consists of 143 items, mainly textiles from nineteenth-century White Karelia, now part of the current Russia. Forty-one linen textiles were chosen for closer examination, with the aim of evaluating the area’s textile culture and identifying the materials using microscopic methods. Flax, hemp and nettle have all been traditional materials for clothing in northern Eu…
Promoting Finnwool with Green Production and Sustainability
This paper aims to discover ways to promote a native sheep breed in Finland, the Finnsheep. The focus is placed on wool, its characteristics and applications. In history, the sheep was an essential animal for families because it provided textile materials and meat. Over the decades, the population of Finnsheep has declined. The paper reviews articles (N = 169) in newspapers and magazines from 1915 to 2015. Data-based qualitative content analysis …
Ugly as a concept in craft to examine alternative futures
Futures studies argue that the future cannot be predicted, but rather alternative futures can be explored and preferred futures can be imagined. Furthermore, our images of the futures can be a resource that informs our decision making. Understanding and imagining futures needs transdisciplinary inquiry; it calls for creativeness and freedom from prejudice. In this study, we present a design experiment accomplished in the textile teacher education…
Identifying Late Iron Age textile plant fibre materials with microscopy and X-ray methods - a study on finds from Ravattula Ristimäki (Kaarina, Finland)
In Finland, the earliest remains of a Christian church and cemetery date to the Late Iron Age (800-1150/1300 AD) and have been excavated in Ravattula Ristimäki, in Kaarina, southwestern Finland. In this study, seven assumingly plant fibre textile samples from individual inhumation graves were analysed to identify their materials. The aim of the study was to investigate the possibilities of identifying archaeological plant fibre samples using a th…
Rotting for Red
This article sheds light on the historical dyeing traditions of rural inhabitants of the Eastern Baltic region. The 19th- and early 20th-century Estonian archival sources mention that rotted alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus Mill.) bark was used to dye woollen yarn red. The bark was rotted by leaving it outside for weeks or months before dyeing. Although dyeing red with alder buckthorn bark by fermenting it in wood ash lye is well known, the combin…
Ugly as a concept in craft to examine alternative futures
Futures studies argue that the future cannot be predicted, but rather alternative futures can be explored and preferred futures can be imagined. Furthermore, our images of the futures can be a resource that informs our decision making. Understanding and imagining futures needs transdisciplinary inquiry; it calls for creativeness and freedom from prejudice. In this study, we present a design experiment accomplished in the textile teacher education…
Promoting Finnwool with Green Production and Sustainability
This paper aims to discover ways to promote a native sheep breed in Finland, the Finnsheep. The focus is placed on wool, its characteristics and applications. In history, the sheep was an essential animal for families because it provided textile materials and meat. Over the decades, the population of Finnsheep has declined. The paper reviews articles (N = 169) in newspapers and magazines from 1915 to 2015. Data-based qualitative content analysis …
Examining the White Karelian Textile Tradition of the Late Nineteenth Century—Focus on Plant Fibers
Collection SU4522 in the Finno-Ugric Collections of the National Museum of Finland consists of 143 items, mainly textiles from nineteenth-century White Karelia, now part of the current Russia. Forty-one linen textiles were chosen for closer examination, with the aim of evaluating the area’s textile culture and identifying the materials using microscopic methods. Flax, hemp and nettle have all been traditional materials for clothing in northern Eu…
Identifying Late Iron Age textile plant fibre materials with microscopy and X-ray methods - a study on finds from Ravattula Ristimäki (Kaarina, Finland)
In Finland, the earliest remains of a Christian church and cemetery date to the Late Iron Age (800-1150/1300 AD) and have been excavated in Ravattula Ristimäki, in Kaarina, southwestern Finland. In this study, seven assumingly plant fibre textile samples from individual inhumation graves were analysed to identify their materials. The aim of the study was to investigate the possibilities of identifying archaeological plant fibre samples using a th…
Tradition in Action-Traditional Costume Innovations
Traditional costumes and crafts are a basic form and element of local culture and a vital pathway for perpetuating traditional art and design culture. They are an artistic form of historical and cultural significance. This paper focuses on three traditional costumes from Malta, Ireland, and Finland. The għonnella, worn by Maltese women of different social classes, consisted of a voluminous cape-like covering reinforced with whalebone and cardboar…
A Heritage “Nettle” Sheet Reveals the First Physical Evidence of a Hemp/Hop Textile from Denmark
From Bark to Dye—Ethnographic Black and Grey Alder Recipes from Finland and Estonia
Ethnographic sources from Finland and Estonia in the 18th to early 20th centuries often mention alder bark as a dye source. The bark of grey alder (Alnus incana) and black alder (Alnus glutinosa) was used to dye wool and linen yarns reddish, paint leather red, and darken linen fishing nets. These recipes were simple folk craft and are not represented in dye books. Combining various sources, a selection of ethnographic and historical recipes was r…
Rotting for Red
This article sheds light on the historical dyeing traditions of rural inhabitants of the Eastern Baltic region. The 19th- and early 20th-century Estonian archival sources mention that rotted alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus Mill.) bark was used to dye woollen yarn red. The bark was rotted by leaving it outside for weeks or months before dyeing. Although dyeing red with alder buckthorn bark by fermenting it in wood ash lye is well known, the combin…
Geography (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Biology (4 works) · Botany (3 works) · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Textile (3 works) · Alder (2 works)