For this image, I used the coffin that I made earlier from XPS foam. I think these scale models fit quite nicely to the images like this. Real size coffin would have been expensive and hard to store. The serenity of the coffin, so alluring. Endless darkness, so forgiving.

For this image, I made the “mental wheel” in roughly 1:6 scale. It’s made from cardboard, wood, bamboo sticks, popsicle sticks, XPS foam and inkjet print. Then I painted it to look quite rustic. How are you gonna feel today? Like spinning the wheel, you never know. Probably anything good though.    

My favourite band Sentenced has many songs about suicide. Contrary to what many might think they are empowering, not depressing. Since this whole series started from a Sentenced album, it could not be complete without an image about suicide. The end is nigh. The eternal pain will finally go away and everlasting peace will take...

I bought this knife from Greece when I was twenty. It’s been in the drawer pretty much since. It finally found its place in this image. You find knives in your back, but don’t let them turn your heart to stone. It feels vulnerable but that is the real courage.

Image based on an old Japanese proverb about the three monkeys.   See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. — an old Japanese proverb  

For this image, I build a similar studio scene also in a 1:6 scale where I photographed the candle. I have several ideas where I’m gonna use it with different 1:6 scale objects. Burning the candle at both ends. You know it’s gonna backfire on you, but you still do it. You are never gonna...

I still have this old toilet seat that I used in the “Taking a Dump” series. It had some dirt on it for being outside for so long. Worked perfectly for this. Everything is shit, except piss. Shit goes in, shit comes out. Everything is shit, except piss.

In Finnish language there is a saying “Kyrpä Otsassa” that means you are really pissed off. Literal translation for the saying is dick in the forehead. I’m pissed off. Really pissed off. Some things fall off but new things keep on coming. I’m in the endless loop of misery.