Ballenberg Artisans Market - Christina Serra
~ June 21-22, 2025

Christina will be offering a selection of wool paintings for sale: lots of cute sheep and animals, some local landscapes, and this year, even some fantasy-themed mini pieces! For the young people who want to decorate their school notebooks and such, there will be a selection of fun stickers for sale as well. There will be something for every budget! If you get the chance to stop by and say hello, you can watch how Christina makes the wool paintings, as she will be doing live needle-felting demonstrations.

Beginner Needle-Felting Workshop at Knitfest Zürich
~ November 8th or 9th, 2025
** This is a NEW festival! Important information will be added as it becomes available **
Now is the time! Now you can finally learn how to make your own art by stabbing things!

You can sign up for in-person hands-on needle-felting workshop with Christina, and learn how to begin painting with wool. These are aimed at complete beginners. The workshop is part of the brand new fiber festival, Knitfest, held just north of Zürich.

Online Gallery

Welcome to the online gallery of Christina Serra, Cuban-American visual artist and maker

The works are presented in three main galleries:

From Inspiration to Art

Creation Process

Making paintings using the clean and dyed fibers from
animals like sheep is not a new invention. Christina carries on a long tradition that started when people collected different natural animal fibers, felting them together to create garments, shoes and living spaces. Eventually people discovered they could make creative designs using different colors.
The difference here, is that instead of bonding the fibers using water and friction, she uses barbed needles to bond the fibers, achieving more details than is possible with wet felting.
It is just like painting, layering colors to build a picture.

Inspiration, Ideas, Story

It all begins with inspiration...
Inspiration comes from anything;
A favorite book or movie, a feeling in the air, discussions had with friends, old stories, moments in history.
The majority of Christina's current work is inspired by the natural world and by looking into the deeper meanings and connections found in mythology and stories. The collective histories of women of the past and present, common motifs in life's challenges often serve as a skeletal structure on which to flesh out a visual communication.

Completed Work

The journey is the goal; the product is the culmination of a lifetime of discovery and work.  Christina is a life-long learner, and has, since early childhood, always kept her hands busy with projects.
Each finished piece is another picture in her ongoing visual autobiography, each showing a snapshot of her place in life, whether as a watercolor painting, a textile piece, or as a fiber painting.
Each work is unique, made with care and love for people, art and materials.
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