Studio
The work starts in the studio, with small experiments: a dye bath of spices and flowers, a word stamped letter by letter, a list written on a scrap of fabric. These pages show how materials, words and gestures are tested before they become works or installations.
Materials & methods
Natural Dyes & chinese inks
Each fabric follows a natural dyes process.
Preparation: various blue colors
Tinting: various textiles textures tinted
The result : a blue collection
The result : various forms and textures.
Research on the word, its form and its visual presentation.
Natural spices inks stamps with flowers, Art residency Assisi, Italy, 2022
Calligraphy, Stamps
inks & words
Objects & fragments
Collecting objects and reflecting on their history and use.
Testing different dilutions with Chinese ink.
Research of forms and symbols inspirated by african traditions.
Artistic research notebook on the installations variations.
Notebook
Eco printing technic with naturals elements.
Disappearance / Evolution
The same gesture, stamped letter by letter: a word that fades, a word that grows.
Process in motion
Tinted fabrics, installation, weaving.
Influences
Arte Povera · Humble materials (cotton, natural inks, tea bags, used objects) and attention to the present moment, from the Italian “poor art” movement. (Garments & Traces)
Dada · The practice of assembling, cutting and recombining. Words and scraps of textile are put together like a list, a collage, a game. (Word-idea, “The to-do list”)
Oulipo · The French group of writers who work with constraints. Writing under a rule (a word reduced letter by letter, a sequence repeated) shifts how language is read. (Word-idea, Disappearance / Evolution)
Japanese literature of the 19th century · Poetry and nature as essential parts of everyday life, and the simplicity of life they speak of. (Nature & Poetry)
