3D Straw Sculptures, Francesca Pasqual born in Bologna on July, 31/07/1980, she degreded from the Fine Art Academy in Bologna. She lives and works between Bologna, Florence, Brescia and Paris. Italian artist Francesca Pasquali creates astounding three dimensional artworks made from thousands of plastic straws. Francesca’s complex forms are as much experiments as creations.
Courtesy of Francesca Pasqual
Speaking about her work she says, “Even if plastc is a new material, the tecnique of interlacing it in preconstituted nets is connected to the past. It makes it live again in the shape of sculpture, which spreads out towards the space around, creating various texturised effects. Observing nature itself, I transfer the essential being of it. The interlacing forms trasform the industrial material into soft and sensual shapes.”
Courtesy of Francesca Pasqual
The artist says, “The technique of interlacing [plastic] …makes it live again in the shape of sculpture, which spreads out towards the space around, creating various texturized effects. Observing nature itself, I transfer the essential being of it. The interlacing forms transform the industrial material into soft and sensual shapes.”
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