Drawing & Art supplies in Helsinki

pikkuneiti · Post by **pikkuneiti** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 3:31 pm

Hello, I've been looking without success a dry cleaning pad eraser

does someone knows where I could find/buy one? and,
also very good drawing & art supplies stores in Helsinki?

in advance thanks!

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Upphew · Post by **Upphew** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 3:47 pm

pikkuneiti wrote:Hello, I've been looking without success a dry cleaning pad eraser
does someone knows where I could find/buy one? and,
also very good drawing & art supplies stores?

in advance thanks!

I'd suggest http://www.maiart.com

pikkuneiti · Post by **pikkuneiti** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 4:08 pm

thank you so much!

Upphew · Post by **Upphew** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 5:01 pm

pikkuneiti wrote:thank you so much!

ASDF! I missed the Helsinki in topic, again. I would guess that there are better and larger shops in every corner there.

Pursuivant · Post by **Pursuivant** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 7:31 pm

And if you pop in ClasOhlson, they got easels, panels, paper, pencils etc... the "cheap end" of course. Stockmann's Academic carries quite some "upper class" wares, and if you really want to know why artists are poor, you go to "Tempera" on Eerikinkatu... and then you run screaming out and go vivit the other stores after you have figured out what "expensive" and "cheap" is.

Lenni · Post by **Lenni** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 8:31 pm

If you find yourself in Arabia, there's Kynä ja Paperi, a small shop in the TaiK / Aalto ARTS building on Hämeentie. It's probably no cheaper than the places in the centre though.

Alefsefr · Post by **Alefsefr** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 4:36 pm

There are already good addresses here. And here is another one in Hakaniemi. Snow white: http://www.taiteilijatarvike.fi/

If the owner is in the shop, he would help you about the materials and would tell you if you can find something that they do not have in Helsinki.

Kaarle · Post by **Kaarle** » Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:23 am

Buy on Ebay, you can find tons of art supplies very cheap mostly from China. Don't buy anything in Finland.

Upphew · Post by **Upphew** » Tue Aug 12, 2014 10:12 am

Kaarle wrote:Buy on Ebay, you can find tons of art supplies very cheap mostly from China. Don't buy anything in Finland.

Let me guess? You do your art with grant from government?

harryc · Post by **harryc** » Tue Aug 12, 2014 11:06 am

There's a small store - open about 2 years - that looks interesting - on Uudenmaankatu/Hki next to Bar 9 (near Yrjönkatu).

Something tells me that if you went in, you'd find good stuff at decent prices (unlike Tempera) - and I believe they'd tell you where to get something they don't have.

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