Karina Carrington MRSS

Statement

Mind and body have a symbiotic relationship, but while the body has its own physical boundaries, the mind cannot be measured. The depiction of this intangible space has become the essence of my work.

The mind can take us to secret spaces of imagination and memory. These are the spaces we first go to in our childhoods, creating our own invented worlds of make-believe, secret places and hideaways.  I want to recreate the same sense of wonderment and awe that I had as a child when I explored small spaces, a sense of creating my own world of imagining. Rather than recreating specific spaces, I aim to evoke those feelings of childhood excitement, amazement and an intrepid exploration of imaginary worlds.

Using traditional casting and mould making techniques, I aim to make tangible the concept of the world on the inside. These mysterious inside spaces have become a metaphor for the mind and the space that it contains, but that we are unable to see.