“Kopli tähed”

2021

Have you ever absent-mindedly stared into the sky on a quiet summer’s night and admired the twinkling stars? Or looked for familiar constellations and narrowed your eyes to find the North Star? All this is possible only in the darkness of the night. It is as if all the magic vanishes in daylight. The stars are always waiting for the night to reveal their magic.

This fabric shows the magic of a small corner of Tallinn. The stars of this part of town are its streets. The modest sweet life of these streets often opens at night when the stars light it. It is a magic world you can fall in love as easily as you can fall in love with the starry sky.

But one thing is sure – when you look into the sky the stars are always in the same place. The same rule applies to this fabric – the streets are exactly where the map dictates. The stars are always there, waiting for a chance to shine. I have used the Helvetica Bold font in the pattern, the same font is used for street signs in Estonia. Looking for the North Star, I ended up in North Tallinn.

/EKA, tutors Krista Leesi, Piret Valk/

Dimensions: 270×160 cm
Materials: polyester, glow-in-dark pigment
Technique: screen printing with pigment dye
Participation in exhibitions:
2021 EKA Gallery in Tallinn and 2021 Artifex Textile Gallery in Vilnius

Photos: Marin Nooni