Kristian Saapunki
The art heist
Kristian Saapunki
Year: 2024
Dimensions: 30x26x22cm
Unique piece
Materials: metal scrap, wire, clay, paint, wooden frame
There’s a funny video of two raccoons sneaking around on a porch.
When they realize they’ve been spotted, they freeze, as if they’ve just stolen something.
That moment inspired The art heist.
Toadally kissed
Kristian Saapunki
Year: 2024
Dimensions: 28x26x23cm
Unique piece
Materials: metal scrap, clay, decorative moss, paint
Two frogs sharing a kiss.
This piece has a playful twist, their eyes follow you as you look at them from different angles.
It’s almost as if they’re keeping an eye on you, making sure you don’t get too close!
How's life, gull?
Kristian Saapunki
Year: 2024
Dimensions: 17x8x20cm
Unique piece
Materials: metal scrap, clay, paint
After a long intense period of creating, exhibitions, and new experiences
I crashed and had to take time to recover. As I leaned back in my chair, feet up on the worktable,
my gaze landed on a half-finished seagull sculpture sitting on a shelf above me.
It had been there for over a year, forgotten.
We stared at each other with empty looks until, suddenly, it asked me,
"Hur mås det igentligen? /How are you really?"
That’s how this sculpture got its Swedish name, "Hur mås det?" a play on words.
Lucky hare
Kristian Saapunki
Year: 2024
Dimensions: 29x29x29cm
Unique piece
Materials: metal scrap, wire, electronic waste, clay, paint
The bike path to my workplace is often filled with rabbits and hares. One day while listening to Bob Marley’s Is This Love,
a line in the song stood out to me: "I’m willing and able, so I throw my cards on your table."
At that exact moment, a hare leaped across the road in front of me.
I pictured a hare confidently flicking two cards onto a table, and that image gave life to this sculpture.
What’s hidden in snow
Kristian Saapunki
Year: 2024
Dimensions: 22x17x26cm
Unique piece
Materials: metal scrap, wire, clay, paint
What is hidden in snow, comes out in the thaw, is a Swedish saying.
A fox caught in the act of mousing, leaping through the air.
Beneath the snow cover a tiny mouse can be seen, resting in hiding.
Ravaged rat
Kristian Saapunki
Year: 2024
Dimensions: 19x11x19cm
Unique piece
Materials: clay, metal scrap, wire, paint
This piece came to life after a long period of back pain.
A way for me to channel something positive out of the experience.
Fly dreams
Kristian Saapunki
Year: 2023
Dimensions: 24x13x11cm
Unique piece
Materials: metal scrap, wire, clay, a red glass orb
A small fly has landed on a mushroom, perhaps attracted by its colors.
Chameleon on a branch
Kristian Saapunki
Year: 2022
Dimensions: 21x28x18cm
Unique piece
Materials: metal scrap, wire, clay, decorative moss, paint
A chameleon on a branch, what has it spotted?