OFFERINGS
Offerings is born from the observation of ancestral gestures that cross cultures and oceans, rituals in which flowers are offered to the waters as an expression of gratitude and communion with the invisible.
In this moment of offering, the sea becomes both altar and messenger, receiving the petals and carrying them into infinity, guided by the rhythm of the waves and the wind. It is a silent dialogue between the human and the sacred, a gesture that celebrates faith in what cannot be seen, yet can be felt.In this work, every element holds a profound meaning. The petals are not mere fragments of roses, but hand-sculpted micro-sculptures, shaped one by one.
Each petal is translucent, a soft transparent pink, revealing within it real fragments of crushed rose thorns. These thorns, transformed, now inhabit the delicate body of the flower as an essential part of its beauty. We have long been taught to see roses as symbols of achievement, joy, and triumph. Thorns, on the other hand, are often linked to pain, to obstacles, to what wounds.
Yet they represent the path itself, the demanding journey, the stumbles, the rises and falls, the lessons that precede the bloom. Those who plant a rose know that for months they will see only a stem covered in thorns, believing that one day the flower will emerge. It is about that act of believing. Each petal in this work was sculpted from that reflection. Petals made of thorns, victories born from imperfection and learning. No two are alike.
The surface on which they rest resembles a fragment of the sea, a watercolor in soft tones that mirrors the movement of the waves, created with blue pigment and saltwater from the ocean itself. It is a liquid altar awaiting the petals that float upon it, guided by the wind. Every movement is a breath of life. Every shift, a brushstroke upon the sea. The result is Offerings, a series composed of twelve works. Each one symbolizes change and transformation, each holds a piece of the sea and unique petals.
A work that, at first glance, reveals the delicacy of the gesture and the silent mystery of the ritual, the moment when gratitude itself becomes art.