Father Earth

Teuri Haarla (b. 1955, Turku) created this two-part work for the former Soininen Primary School, nowadays Pukinmäenkaari Primary School. In the schoolyard sits a giant’s footprint made of pale slate from Nilsiä and dark slate from Orivesi. Next to the footprint are stones gathered from the Barents Sea.

The other part of the work depicts the giant’s face. Installed in a patch of woods near the sch ...