- In Turku, Bienpuoti, in connection with the B gallery. Address Aninkaistenkatu 5. Opening hours Tue-Fri 12-18 and Sat-Sun 12-16.
- In Helsinki, Mustan kani kolo at Flemaringkatu 12. Opening hours vary, check the week's opening hours on the Mustan kani kolo website.
I don't have my own shop or workshop where I can invite customers to look at and try my products on the spot. Even if it were, I live in a small town and the location would limit the opportunities for interested customers to go shopping.
However, I am happy to say that my products can still be found in two different brick-and-mortar stores. I recommend getting to know both, because I believe that the other selections of the stores are also interesting to my customers.
Bien Shop
Bien is a small gallery shop operating in the B gallery. Bien and the B-gallery are run by volunteers, the contemporary culture association plan B ry. Entry to the gallery is free and there are two different spaces, each with more interesting exhibitions than the other. B-gallery specializes in new contemporary artists and offers a smaller gallery space for artists to use without rent.
I recommend visiting B-gallery's exhibitions, especially in September, because that's when I'll be holding an exhibition there myself, but more on that later :)
At Bien you can find products from dozens of different artists and craftsmen. The selection includes e.g. jewelry, stickers and zines. Bien does not take a commission from its sales, but all income is credited directly to the creator of the products.
I myself have been a member of the association for about a year, and for the same time they have had my products for sale. The Roska Art selection at Bien can be found in addition to patches, beanies, canvas bags and a few specialties such as unique magnets.
Bien also has an online store where you can explore the selection www.bienpuoti.sumupstore.com
You can find more information about B-galleria at www.bgalleria.net
Mustan kanin kolo
Mustan kanin kolo (Black Rabbit's Hole) is an anarchist bookstore and infoshop run by volunteers. It specializes in social and anarchist literature and tabloids, but the selection also includes books on other topics. Mustan kani kolo especially supports small authors outside the mainstream and here you can find gems that you can't find in big bookstores. In addition to the books, my favorite from the selection are the inexpensive sticker packs to decorate the street scene.
My patches has been for sale in Black Rabbit's hole for several years. Black Rabbit's Hole was actually the first place I ever sold my products to, and I'm happy that the patches have sold there and they wanted to order more. The stocks have just been replenished, so now there is plenty to choose from.
More information on social media and www.mustankaninkolo.info
If you are interested in selling my products yourself or would like to see them somewhere, send me a message! In the future, I hope to find sales places outside of Finland as well, so I would especially like tips on those.