January–April. Exhibition 27.3.–25.4.2026. Project and an exhibition based on a community art that highlights the significance of knitting, craft, and collective making in people’s lives. The exhibition brings together craft enthusiasts, elderly participants, students, and schoolchildren from Rauma, along with the artist-in-residence Yulim Song (Seoul, South Korea).

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The project, which began in January, is rooted in traditional knitting, yet the works in the exhibition move beyond the conventional making of garments. Song invited people to create mittens and gloves using various knitting techniques – portraits of their own hands. Each piece carries the story of its maker: traces of work, scars, and lived experience.

During the workshops, alongside knitting, Song interviewed participants and paid close attention to their hands, the injuries they have sustained, and the marks left by years of labour. Despite these, the act of making crafts continues with persistence. Through these observations, the theme of hands re-emerged at the centre of the artist’s own works, which reflect her experiences in Rauma and her work with the local community.

Yksittäiset kokemukset ja palaset liittyvät näyttelyssä toisiinsa. Keskellä on vanhimpien osallistujien mielenmaisemia kuvaavista kudotuista tilkuista koottu peitto, jonka taiteilija on asettanut veistokselliseksi kokonaisuuden ytimeksi. Esillä on myös opettajaopiskelijoiden materiaalikokeiluja siitä, kuinka itse tehdä ”lankaa” luokkahuoneesta löytyneistä erilaisista materiaaleista.

Käsi kädessä Hand in Hand highlights the power of craft as both a communal and personal form of expression; a way to share stories, experiences, and memories through the hands.

Participants include the Culture Club of the Saga service center, Rauma Martha Association, Students in the teacher education program at the University of Turku in Rauma Campus, “Journeys into Culture” course at Rauma Lyceum High School, the Valmo class at Raumanmeri School, and knitting enthusiasts gathering at the craft shops Kajava and Mantin Maailma.

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Yulim Song studied painting at Hongik University in Seoul and graduated with a Master of Arts degree from Kingston University in London, specializing in installation art. In her work, she mainly uses handicraft techniques such as knitting and embroidery.

Sung-Hoon Hong, Song's spouse, also works at the residence and is currently writing a book as an anthropologist under contract with Minumsa Publishing Group. Sung-Hoon Hong has expanded his interests and work from mechanical aviation technology to art and anthropology. He has served as a professor of humanities and social sciences at the Korea National Research Institute and as a lecturer in anthropology at the Samsung Institute of Art and Design.