Why am I Closing my Paivatar Web Shop? EU GPSR I have spent the past few months setting up my Paivatar Website onto a new server. This took some time and effort […]
Päivi
Petsamo – WW1
PETSAMO – WW1 TALES OF A SEA SAMI – 3 Tales of a Sámi 1914-1917 (Age 8-11) Young Salomon’s Mother gets very ill during the War and is placed into long term […]
Ice Fishing & Seal Hunting

Ice Fishing & Seal Hunting TALES OF A SEA SAMI – 2 TALES OF A SEA SAMI – Ice Fishing, Seal Hunting, Seal Oil Lamps, Savu Sauna, Duodji crafts FINNISH LANGUAGE AI […]
Eary Childhood Memories

Early Childhood Memories TALES OF A SEA SAMI – Childhood Memories – PETSAMO (Pechenga) – SPOKEN LANGUAGE: FINNISH AI EDITED – AI was used to clean up the old cassette tapes and […]
Tales of a Sea Sámi – Intro

Tales of a Sea Sámi INTRODUCTION My Father – Salomon Halonen was born in 1906 in Petsamo, Finland (Pechanga). His mother, Maria Dahl was born in Vesisaari, Norway. After the war years, […]
Knitting Nalbinding Yarns

50 Shades of Colour from Nature Hand Dyed yarns using natural plant dyes. For those who like to nalbind, knit, crochet, make rya rugs or stitch with DK or Aran weight yarns, […]
Finnslough

Finn Slough My father was a Finnish Saami. After immigrating to Canada he became a commercial fisherman, gillnet fishing on the west coast of Vancouver. In the early 1960’s my dad purchased […]
Hand Woven Wool Throws

Bespoke hand woven, natural dyed wool throws. I had to stop weaving throws and blankets for a few years due to breast cancer surgery. I seem to be recovering well and have […]
Reindeer Leather Pouches

Reindeer Leather Pouches and Bags I make these reindeer leather pouches and purses using small textile scraps of reindeer leather, because reindeer leather is hard to obtain. The Saami raise reindeer herds […]
Reindeer Leather Jewellery

Sami Reindeer Leather Jewelry I make a selection of reindeer leather jewelry, bracelets, arm bands, necklaces using natural materials and techniques in the tradition of my ancestors. I use natural reindeer leather, […]