"I was so unprepared for the emotional reaction I had to this work 🥹 It’s been a long time since I handed @jl_gi her first bag of scraps. I had forgotten that the scraps she transformed in this work are my VERY FIRST SCRAPS from my very first hats, and the many dark nights of the soul they ushered me through in deep lockdown, as I tentatively explored this new shape of my creative self after motherhood. All my family’s hats are in this work, scraps from all the very first testers which I handed out to the kids and the old men at the dog park while shyly exploring the idea that they could possibly maybe be a thing people would want to wear. It was a boot camp in self belief for me, and these scraps are the weapons I used against intense impostor syndrome and that feeling of not really having the right to take up time and space making pretty hats while the world burned and we homeschooled our kids. So being immersed in the scraps, in this incredible work, surrounded by my family and the Re/lax Remade team, watching so many strangers (and@tanyaplibersek!) engaging with the work, was HUGE for me. I cried and then I slept a lot. Thank you Jamie for taking my beloved textiles all the way to the pointy end, and truly transforming them into a spectacular immersive experience full of colour and emotion, memories and love." - Karina