Material work

Portões Italianos

Luciana Vilas Boas, material work Portões Italianos with wine corks and architectural references

A work with strong architectural and material impact, inspired by Italian doors and gates.

Doors and thresholds translated into cork: passage between places and memories.

Materials
Cork stoppers, dense layering, architectural references
Theme
Architecture, boundary, geographic memory
Typology
Material work

Portões Italianos translates in cork and stoppers the architecture of doors, gates, and thresholds: elements of passage, boundary, and welcome.

The composition evokes Florence and Italy as places of residence and inspiration, intertwining geographic memory and reclaimed material in a dense, layered surface.

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