Finnish Beast Ring Faray She called the collection Finnish

She called the collection Finnish Beast - for no one is sure whether the animal portrayed is a horse

flower-motif collection

Olga - like Ola - is one of those Norse personal names that linger on in the islands hundreds of years after the last Viking faded into history

found only in Orkney and the north of Scotland

they remain an inspiration to this day

Finnish Beast Ring Faray She called the collection FinnishFinnish Beast recalls the golden age of the Viking culture, and the powerful and mysterious mythology of our ancestors. In 1968, a bronze and iron sword with an intricately carved hilt was found in a Viking grave in Suontaka, west of Helsinki. Ola studied the beasts head, and the interweaving lines that surrounded it, and, after many hours of drawing, came up with the final designs. She called the collection Finnish Beast for no one is sure whether