Nimac, Nicosia

Orographies, 2025

Hand-woven

Basalt

600cm height

sizes variable

Physical non-flammable woven installation that soars 6 metres upwards, an orography of ‘unbreakable΄ sculptures.

Woven in fine-grained textures, the aphanitic mineral crystals of basalt are too small to be seen with naked eye.

These internal orographies, they remind us of the unseen layers of these formations, the power and the value of what is quietly resilient.

The warp and weft meet in an aphanitic, extrusive igneous rock fibre formed from the rapid cooling of lava connected directly to the terrestrial ground, now weaving new human bonds.

The fundamental skill needed in this volcanic material is the same as in traditional weaving materials.Throughout this process, I come to realise it becomes a frail and delicate to handle fibre where the process is not far from any lace or a fine silk weave. The skill level cannot decline in either level.

Aphanitic orographies honor the depth in the unseen, the silent forces within us, hidden strengths and quiet beliefs, complex, invisible formations that shape our existence.

‘Υou cannot easily burn a basalt woven fabric’.

As the fabric grows, the prayer rises.