Sara Bjarland (b. 1981) is a Helsinki-born artist currently based in Amsterdam. She works primarily with discarded items and materials that she finds in her urban surroundings, like broken or worn-out household items, furniture and dead plants.
By transforming these unwanted materials into sculptures, installations, photographs and textile works, Bjarland gives them new meanings and value.
Her work reflects on issues like the relationship between nature and culture, human behaviour and its impact on the environment and all living things.
Photo: Joke Schut