MULTIPLE ARTISTS:

Tacit Knowledge

July 2 – September 26, 2026 | PRYKÄRI VINTTIGALLERIA

What knowledge, skills and experience lie behind handcrafted art? Tacit Knowledge explores deep understanding of materials and expertise passed from one maker to another through shared practice.

The exhibition examines the transmission of knowledge, craftsmanship, and the meaning of handcrafted works. It highlights a living tradition while asking what knowledge, skills, and culture of making we wish to preserve for the future.

Featuring works by multiple artists, the exhibition centres on glass while also including metalwork, textiles, and a site-specific installation. The works explore tacit knowledge as learning and mastery, as creative thinking rooted in material practice, and as knowledge passed across generations.

Voronoi#2, Jani Kaski.

Craftsmanship is more than technical skill. It is a deep understanding of materials—an embodied knowledge that resides in the hands and evolves through repetition, experience, and practice. Finished works reveal this tacit knowledge, shaped over years of experimentation, failure, and discovery.

Advanced craft skills survive only when they are practised, shared, and passed on.

In 2023, the knowledge, skills and craftsmanship of artisanal glassmaking were inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. In Nuutajärvi, glassmaking knowledge has been passed from master craftspeople to new generations for more than 230 years through collaboration, observation, and hands-on learning. The exhibition is on view at Vinttigalleria, located on the upper floor of Lasimuseo Prykäri, a museum dedicated to the history of glassmaking in Nuutajärvi. 

Admission to the exhibition is included with a ticket to the Prykäri Glass Museum. Some works are available for purchase.

Artists:

  • Henri Carrara
  • Slate Grove
  • Jarl Hohenthal
  • Alma Jantunen
  • Jani Kaski
  • Tommi Ketonen
  • Otto Koivuranta
  • Antti Kuikka
  • Jaakko Liikanen
  • Tarmo Maaronen
  • Reima Maaronen
  • Samuli Parkkinen
  • Janne Rahunen
  • Johannes Rantasalo
  • Helmi Remes
  • Jussi Sistonen
  • Antti Torstensson
Prykäri Glass Museum