1. Where were you born and where are you from ?

I was born in Brasilia, Brazil in 1987. I’ve been living in São Paulo for the past 11 years.

2. What is your first memory connected to the art world ?

I’ve been interested in manual activities since quite young, as a child I really liked painting, paper pulp experiments, origami, cutting shapes in colored paper. I have always been aesthetically stimulated and studying in a Waldorf school when I was a child presented me to the possibility of artistic creation at an early age.

3. Have you always worked in the art/design field ?

I graduated in architecture and worked a few years in the field, but the day to day of architecture didn’t please me, in the experiences I had there wasn’t much creative freedom. I still do some isolated work in architecture; It is a field I’m still interested in today.

4. What led you to the design creation ?

After going to a workshop held by Humberto and Fernando Campana, I got in contact with a very free way of thinking design, this experience showed me that small-scale objects are more dynamic for my creative expression. After that I moved to São Paulo, worked with them for a short period  and then started to create and produce my own pieces.

5. How would you describe your creative process and it influences ?

I prototype a lot. My process is very manual, so the making is central to learn how my ideas can exist physically. I do some sketches sometimes, but often the pieces are born in the atelier,  especially the ones in paper pulp and ceramics.

The inspiration comes from various sources; the work itself (the day-to-day in the studio, learning  to manipulate the materials in different ways) and the will to develop a more powerful work. I am  also researching a lot of sculpture artists and how they deal with materiality in their work.

6. Could you describe a typical day of your work ?

In the mornings I work a little from home, mainly emails and phone messages. In the afternoon I go to my studio and work with office tasks and the atelier, this distribution varies a lot from period to period. Often, I work at night – this period is, for me, the best for creation and the quietest when I  need total focus.

7. Why did you choose the specific materials you work with ?

Fabric, ceramics and paper pulp are the main materials I work with. They appeared in my production at different periods, but they are materials that allow me to do this handmade work. I  also have suppliers of materials that I use in conjunction with those mentioned. They are local  suppliers of carpentry, steelwork, painting and upholstery structures. 

I have started with hand weaved and stitched pieces, some of them still in production after 10 years  of studio. After some years, I also started to work with ceramics and paper pulp, these moldable  materials give me a lot of formal freedom and new possibilities of typologies.

8. What are the technical particularities of your creations ?

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9. What advices could you give to beginning artists who would like to create sculptural design works ?

Don’t be afraid to experiment and try new ideas. Study what has been produced and seek inspiration from various sources.

10. If your works had to belong to a design movement, in which one would you define it ?

Italian Radical Design movement. (I wish)

11. What designers and artists have influenced you ?

Humberto and Fernando Campana, Ettore Sottsass, Gaetano Pesce, Alessandro Mendini, Wendell Castle. 

12. What contemporary designers do you appreciate ?

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13. What contemporary artists (in any kind of art) have you been inspired by ?

Arlene Schechet, Lucas Simões, Erica Verzuti, Kenneth Price and Maria Martins.

14. If you had to summarize your creations in one word or sentence, what would it be ?

Studio process.

Proust Questionnaire with very short answers (one or a few words) :
(The Proust Questionnaire is a set of questions answered by the French writer Marcel Proust. Other historical figures who have answered confession albums are Oscar Wilde, Karl Marx, Arthur Conan Doyle, Stéphane Mallarmé, Paul Cézanne…)