LA GRÂCE:
soul bird

RECYCLED LEATHER WEAVING ON ALUMINUM STRUCTURE, CERAMIC ELEMENTS

100x50cm

LA GRÂCE series emerged during a time of deep spiritual unfolding — a sacred season in which the invisible thread of the divine became vivid, tender, and near. Each piece is a gesture of gratitude, a reverent bow toward the unseen, the mysterious fabric of existence.

In SPRINGTIME JOY, grace bursts forth through nature’s untamed bloom, an ecstatic hymn in color and form.

MURMURED PRAYERS carries hundreds of handwoven fragments, each one etched in silence with prayers to the Virgin — hidden on their reverse, like secrets nestled close to the heart.

In MUSANDAM NIGHTS, golden strands weave through alabaster marble, recalling a half-dreamed memory where star-strewn skies bend to kiss luminous waters.

This series is my quiet testimony: that beneath the visible, beyond the tactile, all that exists is divine love.

The making, too, is an act of devotion. I developed my own technique for weaving salvaged leather remnants — breathing new life into the discarded. With the sensibility of a mosaicist, I treated these fragments as tesserae, threading them into a firm aluminum mesh. I’m often drawn spontaneously to a material, a color, a texture — not knowing at first how it will speak, only that it will. And in time, as with all sacred things, the way reveals itself.

“SOUL BIRD invites the viewer to contemplate the sacred dimension of flight, the beauty of reclaimed materials, and the timeless dialogue between myth and making.

The golden lines seem to shimmer with memory, not light, and the black folds whisper of journeys beyond the seen.

This isn’t just an artwork; it’s an invocation.
The textures ripple like feathers brushing against time, and the central form pulses as if it remembers a thousand flights. I am no longer a viewer—I am a witness to a soul in motion, to a ritual that transcends the material. It reaches beyond its woven frame, touching something eternal in me. A fragment of sky, woven from earth.

The woven texture is alive with movement—frayed leather fringes flutter at the edges, like feathers caught in celestial wind. Embedded within the tapestry are ceramic accents and a singular red bloom—perhaps a symbol of life, spirit, or memory.

In SOUL BIRD, the artist channels the enduring Romanian belief in the bird as a messenger between worlds—a creature not bound by earth but free to soar into the sacred sky where deities and benevolent souls reside. This visual ode to freedom and myth reimagines the Goddess-Bird, a figure from Romanian folklore known for guiding spirits to the heavens. With roots in the archetype of the Great Mother Goddess, the bird here is not merely a decorative motif but a spiritual entity, protector, and symbol of hope.

By using recycled materials, the piece also becomes a meditation on continuity—how past beliefs and forms can find new life in contemporary creation. Echoes of traditional Romanian craft—Transylvanian towels, Oltenian carpets, ceramic birds—are present in the woven language of the piece, but transformed into a powerful modern totem.

SOUL BIRD is a tactile, woven composition that merges ancestral symbology with a bold, contemporary aesthetic. Crafted from recycled leather intricately threaded onto an aluminum framework, the work resonates with both material consciousness and spiritual depth. Striking contrasts of black and gold dominate the visual field, forming a central, stylized motif reminiscent of wings or an avian silhouette ascending—suggestive of flight, transcendence, and the ethereal. At the base, two golden, downward-pointing shapes framed in blue evoke the sacred geometry of traditional motifs, possibly the "crucea cu aripi" (the winged cross), an ancient emblem of divine guidance and soul transition.

Project Date: 2025
Location: Paris, France