Constellations:

This work marks the next chapter of Karina’s textile work following on from Childwood, Aurora Borealis-Northern Lights  and The Traveller’s Case.* A parallel world of memory explored through colour, constellations and cut-outs.

These cut-out dresses exist in the liminal space between this world and the next. The pinpricks of light illuminate and enrich the darkness, connecting  Karina with her Swedish mother and grandmother; her Maltese/ Sicilian family as well as her Greek and Finnish ancestors, through constellations familiar and far away.

This work is also a gentle reference to Family Constellations, the therapy that weaves the stories, beliefs and influences of our ancestors into the warp and weft of our own lives.The dresses have a life of their own.