In the forge workshop I made knots in metal bars. I was fascinated by not knowing where they began or where they ended. When my son was born, rope became the most honest answer: the same gesture, a different material, the same question.

Every piece begins with a concept — a line from a book, a political situation, a flower, an image that stays with me. From there I imagine, handle rope, search for knots. I work with more than three hundred possibilities: the knot is not just technique, it is vocabulary.

The material always ends up saying something I hadn’t planned. That is what interests me about the process: the conversation between intention and matter. What is made by hand takes time. Every gesture is intention — you have to correct, let it rest, verify.

I believe aesthetics are also political — the visual and the sensory carry weight in how we feel, how we inhabit spaces, how we relate to the things around us.

Beauty is not a luxury or a decoration: it is a counterweight. Against the lack of attention to detail that prevails, insisting on the quality of the gesture, the material and the form is also a form of resistance.

My studio is a room of my own. When I begin a piece, the mind activates in its search — connecting concepts, materials, references. When the hands work, the body settles. I know no better balance than that.

The studio takes its name from the weaver bird of sub-Saharan Africa, whose intricately built nests are a quiet manifesto: structure, craft, and beauty are not separate things.

Malimbus Studio creates textile pieces rooted in handcraft, sustainability, and a deep respect for slow processes. Each work is built from natural and recycled materials, understanding artistic practice as a form of conscious, responsible consumption.

Manual work is not just a means — it is a position: a way of producing with care, reducing impact, and returning value to the time invested.

Textile techniques — knotting, weaving, braiding, stitching — are used as tools for material research, where every decision responds to criteria of durability, coherence, and balance.

Each piece is conceived in relation to the space and the people who inhabit it, seeking honest integration into domestic, cultural, or exhibition environments. Each work is a one-of-a-kind piece or part of a limited edition, conceived as a spatial and sensory experience.

The studio also takes on bespoke projects and collaborations with professionals across disciplines, always guided by the same principles: sustainability, handcraft, and responsibility in the use of resources.