by Brian Fichtner
Priests and Twins are a series of haunting figurines created by the multi-disciplinary designer Kristin Victoria Barron, principal of the design studio Kreist. While visiting The Future Perfect some weeks ago, I found a small gathering of the Priests huddled on a Jaime Hayon sofa and was compelled to learn their backstory.
After seeing a Jungian analyst many years ago, Kristin started making dolls inspired by her dreams. She elaborated by email, “I’m interested in objects as vehicles/cues for narratives. These pieces are taken from larger fictional narratives that I develop. I have really vivid dreams that I borrow from and the form that the figurines take is suggestive of the narrative that they come from.”
The Priests (which sell for $675 each) were created in an edition of seven. They are fabricated from leather, porcelain, muslin, and copper. The Twins (soon to be displayed […]
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