Hiatus, 2022
Hand-knotted rug in wool and bamboo silk
Tibetan knot, 130 knots per square inch
292 × 220 cm
Presented at Padiglione Brera (Chiostro di San Simpliciano), Milan
Commissioned by Nodus, a rug company from Milan, the piece was handmade in India using the Tibetan knot technique, requiring one full month of highly skilled manual work. In tribute to this craftsmanship, it was created a handmade book of ten proposals, each drawn using pointillism. In an era where digital tools generate gradients in seconds, he chose to experience the time and care involved in the artisanal process by illustrating each variation dot by dot—a quiet homage to the makers behind the object.
Hiatus is a meditation on labor, repetition, and the dignity of meticulous work—where every knot, like every dot, is a small act of devotion.
