The maker
I make every basin myself, from start to finish.
I choose the stone, level it, hollow out the bowl, and grind and polish the surfaces by hand. Not a single stage is outsourced.
In my own words
Why stone
I started out with woodwork and, over the years, made much of the furniture in my home myself. I love the idea of making something with my own hands that brings joy to me or to someone else.
Stone, though, is something else entirely. It is used far less in interiors than wood, and that is exactly why I wanted to make something new out of it. The ordinary stone everyone sees every day, even in their own garden, hides something truly beautiful inside, as long as you are willing to give it your time and your imagination.
— Nikolas
- Training
- Self-taught
- Making basins
- Actively for two years
- Based in
- Turku
- Business
- Aregran
- Business ID
- 3645759-8
The work
The heaviest stage
and the best
Two finished basins in the yard
The heaviest
The heaviest stage is the hollowing. Shaping the stone into a bowl is slow, physical work, and a mask and goggles are an absolute must: huge amounts of stone dust rise into the air, and the chisel sends sharp fragments of stone flying.
The best
The best stage is the polishing. When the shades of the stone come through and the raw stone turns reflective and silky smooth, it still amazes me, every single time.
What surprises people
What surprises people most is the pattern, the shade and the minerals revealed inside. They surprise me too, every time: underneath the rough stone there is something quite different from what the outside would suggest.
The material
Hard stone,
no moulds at all
The basins are made from Finnish natural stone. What matters is how hard and dense the stone is, not what it is called: a dense enough stone doesn’t absorb water, while a porous one does and won’t make a basin. You can see it in the stone, not in a list.
A single stone often contains several minerals, and two stones of the same type can look completely different. That is why I don’t name the basins after the type of stone.
The ones I come across most
- Granite
- Gneiss
- Migmatite
- Gabbro
- Diorite
- Diabase
- and other hard stones
Ask me directly.
I work alone, so the person who answers your message is the person who makes the basin. Tell me what you are looking for and we’ll see whether there is a stone for it.