Lana Bragin – Bunki Nr. 74 – Torikororu

Lana Bragin

Bunki Nr. 74 – Torikororu, 2026

Material and technique: Knitted sculpture filled with synthetic wadding

Mål. 50 x 35 x 35 cm

• Lana Bragin – born in 1982 in Riga, Latvia
• 2001–2006 University of Fine Arts Hamburg, study program in Fine Arts
• 2006–2008 Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, study program in Communication Design
• Since 2008 Freelance artist and designer

Lana Bragin explores knitting and crochet as artistic media—not merely as techniques, but as forms of thinking.

Her work began with small objects situated between ornament and expression. Soon, the factor of time came into focus: How long does something

take in crochet-time? From this inquiry emerged works that made duration visible—for instance, crocheted translations of entire feature films.

Today, her focus lies on Bunki—soft, knitted sculptures that move between the familiar and the unfamiliar.

They are physical, expansive, and at the same time open in their meaning. Associations with toys, natural forms, or artifacts are possible, but never fixed.

Bunki represents a practice in which textile processes negotiate space, time, and cultural codings—stitch by stitch, forming a quiet yet powerful web of connections.