“Tell me, Benjamin, how much water fits between faith and the abyss?”
“As much as the canvas can bear before yielding to the wind, Sarah. Nothing more.”
We inhabit a vessel suspended in memory. There is no storm in the logbook, no fracture in the hull; only the steady pulse of the ocean and two names traced in thread and gold leaf across the map.
Within this textile landscape, the journey of Benjamin and Sarah ceases to be a disappearance. It becomes a quiet, eternal devotion: two souls venturing together into the vast unknown, leaving the weight of the shore behind to become landscape, stillness, and light.
Edition: 07/10
Dimensions: 100 × 100 cms.
Date: 2022
Medium: Gold leaf, handwoven linen fibers, and thread on canvas and structure.
The figure of Captain Hendrik Van Der Deken and his mythical ghost ship, the Flying Dutchman, embody human stubbornness when confronted with the vastness of fate. Condemned to sail eternally without ever reaching shore, the myth transcends maritime tragedy to become a metaphor for longing, persistence, and the unreachable pursuit.
Through the subtle tension between gold leaf and textile weave, this artwork strips the legend of its somber nature, turning it into a meditation on light and solitude. The thread, meticulously woven, sustains the fragility of the vessel, while the golden glow represents not a sailor's treasure, but the radiant vastness of the ocean and the endurance of memory that refuses to fade.
To sail without a destination is not merely a curse, but the permanent state of creation: a continuous journey through matter, time, and the edge of the sea.
Limited Edition: 09/10
Dimension: 146 x 61 cms.
Date: 2022
Medium: Gold leaf, handwoven cotton fibers, and thread on canvas and structure.
Belonging to the series Strato su strato ("Layer Upon Layer"), this piece explores the accumulation of experiences, memories, and emotions as protective strata safeguarding the innermost self. Sobre mi corazón reveals a heavily textured golden surface whose organic creases evoke skin, scars, and reliquaries. Encased in an absolute black background that acts as a vessel of containment, the artwork contrasts the sacred with vulnerability. It suggests that what we carry deep within our chest is neither smooth nor flawless, but a precious tapestry woven by time and emotion.
Edition: 05/10
Dimensions: 65 × 48 cms
Date: 2022
Medium: Wall Sculpture / Loom-woven textile and gold leaf
Belonging to the Esculturas suaves ("Soft Sculptures") series, Vestiduras explores the notion of fabric not merely as a surface or covering, but as a second skin imbued with memory, fragility, and volume. Through a subtle, monochromatic palette, the artwork unveils an intricate network of folds, organic relief, and gentle tensions that evoke branching forms, scars, or the subtle imprints of the body at rest. By stripping the garment of its utilitarian purpose and transforming it into a three-dimensional relief, the piece invites a contemplation on protection, shelter, and the invisible layers that shape our identity.
Edition: 09/10
Dimensions: 78.5 × 40 cms.
Date: 2024
Belonging to the Tramas ("Weaves") series, Cielo sobre dorado explores the delicate tension between the earthly and the immaterial. The handwoven textile—with its intersecting threads, intricate voids, and painstaking manual labor—embodies the structure of the physical world and the tangible human effort. Meanwhile, the golden glow emerging beneath the weave evokes the sacred, the transcendental, and a sublime ideal that remains subtly out of reach. The artwork functions as a visual metaphor where human existence, in its fragile and rhythmic construction, continually resides under the influence of the eternal.
Edition: 04/08
Dimensions: 44 × 32 × 6 cms.
Date: 2024
Medium: Wall sculpture / Handwoven cotton fiber, gold leaf, mounted on wood with glass.
Belonging to the series Strato su strato ("Layer Upon Layer"), this piece explores the accumulation of experiences, memories, and emotions as protective strata safeguarding the innermost self. Sobre mi corazón reveals a heavily textured golden surface whose organic creases evoke skin, scars, and reliquaries. Encased in an absolute black background that acts as a vessel of containment, the artwork contrasts the sacred with vulnerability. It suggests that what we carry deep within our chest is neither smooth nor flawless, but a precious tapestry woven by time and emotion.
Edition: 05/08
Dimensions: 30 × 30 × 6 cms.
Date: 2025
Medium: Wall Sculpture / Handwoven cotton fiber and gold leaf on wood, framed with glass.