LiisaKaarina Hallamaa (17 October 1925 – 28 January 2008) was a Finnish ceramist.
Hallamaa was born on 17 October 1925 in Helsinki, Finland.[1][2]
Hallamaa graduated from the ceramics department of the Central School of Art and Industry (now part of the Aalto University) in 1949.[3] She worked for the Finnish ceramics company Arabia as a student.[4][5][6] She also worked as an assistant to Finnish ceramicist Aune Siimes.[5]
In 1949, Hallamaa married the Norwegian painter Sverre Larsen and moved to Rogaland, Norway, where she worked as a pottery designer in Stavanger. They had a daughter, Marjatta Airas [fi], who became a mezzosopraano singer. Hallamaa and Larsen divorced in 1950 and she returned to Finland.[citation needed] She later remarried and had another two children.[2]
Hallamaa exhibited at the French Exposition internationale de céramique contemporaine in 1965.[7]
In 1974 Hallamaa founded Alamaan Ceramics in Mikkeli, South Savo, Finland.[3] In the 1980s, she moved to Perniö in Western Finland where she produced floral themed wall reliefs.[3]
Hallamaa was known for her skill in the application of ceramicglazes[8][9] and for creating tall and narrow-mouthed water pots, goblets and platters.[10]
