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Patrizia Polese Works

Millions come from the sea – Circle and Triangle

Materials: Regenerated nylon yarn Econyl®, made entirely from waste that would otherwise pollute the Earth, such as fishing nets recovered from the sea and industrial waste.
Technique: Handwoven on a vertical loom

Tissue - Divertissement

Bundles of cotton and tangles of materials and threads of different natures andorigins, chasing pure, free amusement through hands-on engagement with material and color. A continuous creative journey since 2016, always evolving.

Alchemical Landscape

A collection of sculptures made from loom-woven copper threads, where warps (vertical threads) become wefts (horizontal threads), subverting traditional fabric construction. Copper, a material extracted from the earth, reacts dynamically with water and air, forming an oxidised patina that transforms the surface into a landscape in perpetual transformation.

Sculptures - Anchors in the Void

These sculptures intertwine iron and metal wires to trace textured structures in space, weaving voids and solids through intricate material entanglements.
These resulting works form hybrid ecosystems—sites where botanical, animal, and human elements converge with synaptic weavings and imaginary constellations.

From nature to nature

A collection of large wooden panels sketched in pencil, each with distinct and varied strokes. They bring together anatomical elements—bones, muscles, organs—and botanical motifs, merging the human and the natural. Accompanying the series, works on paper feature free-form writings: a flowing stream of words, each introduced by the same incipit— ho potuto, ho voluto , ho goduto—defining the essence of the piece.

Illustration

A private collection of drawings where the artist reinterprets her self-portraits, turning them into a journey through ever-changing forms and identities.

Drawing outside the frame

Different wire transforms into a pencil line, constructing forms that transcend the ordinary nature of fabric. The artist crafts special looms to create open-weave structures that expand freely in space.

Sisal, scent of childhood

Sisal agave, a material traditionally used in rural settings, was part of the artist’s childhood games. Its distinctive scent later drew her to incorporate it into her work, describing it as: ‘a material with a strong character and a structure naturally suited to sculptural forms. Her deepening engagement with this medium—and the recognition of its connection to her personal history—led her on an extended research journey to Mexico, the ancient origin of this plant.

Existential portraits

My portraits are not about depicting faces but excavating truths. Through photographs, I turn cracks, stitches, and weathered objects into a silent poetry—one that uncovers instead of veiling.

The first steps on weaving

Far from being an archaic medium, the tapestry becomes in the artist’s hands a dialectic between tradition and innovation. Their process transforms historical weaving into a methodology for present-day material inquiry.