Hopeinen puu / Silver Tree

The Finnish Medical Association wanted to erect a monument to Archiater Arvo Ylppö that would symbolise his life's work. The winning entry in the design competition was Silver Tree by the sculptor Jukka Tuominen. As a poetic metaphor of the revered physician's life's work, the work symbolises living, organic growth and the cycle of life. The monument consists of a silver oval element with a hollow ...