These included a marble bust of Robert Kajanus and a bronze, Old Man Thinking, in the Ateneum in Helsinki, as well as the folklore-inspired carvings surrounding the main entrance of Gesellius, Lindgren & Saarinen's 1901 Pohjola Insurance building.
[8] Albert Edelfelt called her Finland's best etcher;[1] in 1902 Louis Sparre wrote of her etchings that she "[gave] promise of very considerable talent" and "some of her work recalls that of the best masters of the past.
[10] In 1907, she was the only woman artist participating in the first joint exhibition of graphic arts there; Akseli Gallen-Kallela and Hugo Simberg were among the other exhibitors.
[1] In 1910 she moved to Viipuri with her husband, the painter Juho Rissanen; they put together a joint exhibition that year which later travelled to Turku and Helsinki: he showed 60 paintings, while she showed 80 works, including sculptures, etchings and illustrations.
[3] Rodin habitually used his female students as models and sexual partners including Flodin.