Kristi Vana is a Glasgow School of Art graduate with a background in illustration, graphic design and product design. Vana joined Dovecot in 2014, to run Dovecot Shop but quickly found her place on the Weaving Floor as a Rug Tufter, using her skills as a maker and experienced collaborator. As a Dovecot tufter, Vana worked on a number of important projects, such as Linder’s Diagrams of Love: Marriage of Eyes, Jim Lambie’s Soft Machine and a rug titled You Can Radiate Over Here with Victoria Morton for The Perse School.
Kristi left Dovecot in 2018.