Ongoing research - sodium alginate

Dentelle is an ongoing project that begins with a simple question: what will our homes look like when we grow old? As someone born in the 1990s, on the border between Italy and the Balkans, I grew up surrounded by domestic objects that quietly moved across generations. One of these was the centrino, the doily. Usually seen as decorative, I became interested in it not as an ornament but as a device of care and protection. Placed on furniture and everyday objects, it creates a layer between two bodies: preserving, covering and extending the life of things.

I like to imagine that these domestic gestures do not disappear, but continue evolving over time. What forms of care could future homes inherit? What would be my own interpretation of them?

Because of my geographical and emotional closeness to Venice and its lagoon, I began researching the myths and histories surrounding lace-making traditions, particularly Burano lace. Similar narratives appear across places connected to my personal history (from Venice to Belgium and Gorizia) where craftsmanship, storytelling and cultural exchange become intertwined.

Lace has always translated the world into patterns. Through repetitive gestures and careful craftsmanship, elements from nature, architecture and everyday life become intricate surfaces and textures. Dentelle continues this process through contemporary tools and materials.

I am developing new patterns based on fragments of contemporary life: urban structures, repetitive gestures, temporary landscapes and overlooked textures. The project becomes an exercise in future archaeology, asking what visual traces of the present might one day be inherited or remembered.

Working with sodium alginate leather and laser-cutting processes, I translate traditional gestures into contemporary forms: curtains that filter light, protective layers for furniture and wearable surfaces.

Rather than preserving lace as a fixed tradition, Dentelle explores how it can continue changing through new materials, technologies and visual languages.