Pencil stroke after pencil stroke Laura Laine builds her surreal and evocative illustrations. The Helsinki-based artist, who works predominantly as a fashion illustrator, meticulously produces her detailed drawings in a process that can take up to 3 days to complete a single figure. However, recently Laine has taken her imaginative worldview and applied it to a new world of creation—the world of glass blowing that relies on quick processes to shape glass while it is still hot. Venturing into this ancient craft, her drawings jumps from life on the page into 3D sculptural drawings. The glass pieces begin as sketches and then are transformed through the collaborative creative input, interpretation and skills of the master glass blowers. Her first glass series, The Wet Collection, depicts magical sea life. Currently Laine is developing a new body of works in glass with Ajeto studio in Nový Bor, Czech Republic.