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The story behind the work….
Karina’s lifestyle and design inspiration lay heavily influenced in the years of living in the mountains of Colorado. Growing up in Evergreen, Colorado in the 70’s and 80’s, she briefly left to attend college at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, OR earning a degree in Biology, thinking she would be a wildlife biologist. After college, she returned to Colorado and ended up spending the next 15 years in Crested Butte, a ski town with a coal mining history nestled in the West Elk Mountains at 9.000 feet above sea level. She spent years in various seasonal jobs including pouring coffee at the famous Camp4Coffee, heading a landscape crew at Rocky Mountain Trees and Landscaping, Head of Events and Programs at the Crested Butte Nordic Center, and Head of guest services at Irwin Cat Skiing Company to name a few… After covering many miles of trails both snowy and dry, she decided to shift gears and started her journey into woodworking and furniture making with a short course at the California College of Art. After that first course, she was hooked, and continued her training at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine. For two years, she learned the trade and design of furniture making including a stint as an artist in residence. She then made the move permanently from Colorado to Maine in 2015 and started creating small household/kitchen objects out of her garage studio. In 2018 she started experimenting more with bending wood and exploring sculptural wall hangings. She now focuses on one of a kind pieces for the home as well as large scale installations for commercial spaces.