Gravitational Maps  I-III (2025) 
Series of three sculptures 
Tree trunk gifted from a friend to the artist, plum tree resin collected in the garden of the artist’s grandmother in France. 
Dimensions: 12” x 11 1/2” x 3” 



Gravitational Maps III



The Cosmology of a flower, or seeing the cosmic movements in the plant world is an ongoing research project that engages with the idea that flowers are earthly reflections of celestial bodies. Inspired by the book The Life of Plants, from philosopher Emanuele Coccia, this project explores the visual and conceptual resemblance of flowers and stars, echoing their singular relationship, one mediated by light.




Installation view, 2025. First Iteration.




This works acts as an imaginary and abstract map to the night sky, where shining bodies are circling around the center of a tree. The ripples and waves are sculpted in the wood using a CNC machine. Each tree slice is its own small cosmos of orbiting bodies and trajectory lines.





Gravitational Maps I





Gravitational Map I, detail shot.





Gravitational Map II





Gravitational Map II, detail shot.
 




Gravitational Map III





Gravitational Map III, detail shot.





Gravitational Map III, detail shot.