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In my artistic practice, I seek to connect different disciplinary fields – from eco-sustainability to craft traditions and the anthropological dimension of human activities – through the creation of soft, tactile sculptures. My work reinterprets material culture, weaving it into a sculptural practice where gesture, attention to materials, and dialogue with others become central.
My research often begins with journeys to contexts rich in textile traditions, where I encounter practices and knowledge that I re-elaborate through a personal, re-inventive process. This approach brings an attentiveness to the human landscape, to political and environmental issues, and to the transformations brought about by climate change and urban development.
A central aspect of my practice is manual work and a deep care for materials, particularly natural ones, which form the core of my research. The body’s experience in relation to form guides each project, generating unique works that grow autonomously through processes of making.
I often use the expression seeing with the hands to define my approach: each work arises from different techniques and interlacings, creating a visual and tactile language that unites matter, gesture, and memory. My interest in weaving and interlacing stems from the desire to reproduce and deepen the experience—seemingly simple—of manual gestures. When repeated with awareness, these gestures generate infinite variations, opening up layered forms of knowledge and meaning.