Christina Forrer’s Whimsical Wonderlands of Myth and Memory

There are some fairytales so ubiquitous and beloved that they exist in an almost psychic capacity. We know them before writing, before speaking even, and we remember them long after. Cinderella will outlive us all. Yet most fairytales—stories shared solely through speech and repetition—tend to emerge and evaporate within a generation. For artist Christina Forrer, it is those ephemeral tales that are the most compelling.

Her tapestries feature bold, vivid figures in contiguous arrangements.