an exploration of how we can understand, interpret, collaborate with, be inspired by and conversate with nature. Locally available natural fibers were collected, dried and transformed into new shapes.

 

Entwining Nature seeks value in the process of making. Time seems to slow down as we surrender ourselves to nature’s rhythm. Set in this Algarvian landscape, the sun, the wind and the occasional rain take the lead and orchestrate the harvesting and drying process with their heat, their airflow and their humidity. As if it was a choreography of the hands, the repetitive movements of joining, twisting and braiding increase the strength of the collected fibers. Next comes the patient weaving, coiling, sewing, knotting until - slowly - shapes and objects appear.