Kristina Aas
The Enchanted Castle, 2024
Wool, polyester 155(W)x267(H)cm
The Enchanted Castle has long captured imaginations as a symbol of mystery, magic, and the unknown. Inspired by tales of hidden realms and ancient secrets, it embodies a world where ordinary reality intertwines with fantasy. This concept draws from folklore and mythology, where enchanted castles often appear as places suspended in time, cloaked in spells or guarded by mythical beings.
Kristina Aas
Hybrid, 2023
Wool, viscose 152x140 cm
Hybrid II is a tapestry in which the varied colors and patterns evoke visual and textural contrasts. The landscapes and symbols derive from 16th-century Gobelin tapestreis depicting apocalyptic battles between good and evil. This work is apart of the series of tapestries in which the artist examines reltionship between digital and traditional weaving.
Kristina Aas
Bark, 2020
Wool, polyester, viscose 150x240 cm
I often find inspiration in the forest: nowhere else do you see such a great variety of textures and contrasts: tree trunks, moss, bark, grass, stone, and earth. The soft surface meets the hard, dark light; textures are intertwined, repeated in an infinite pattern, only broken up by a broken branch or a mushroom hat sticking out. The fascinating thing is the tree's bark: some spots are like cracked skin or dried clay, and in some places, it is thin and smooth, glistening in the light, here and there, covered with moss or eaten up by beetles. Magnified, it is reminiscent of a landscape, an unknown map of valleys, mountains, rivers, and lakes.
