Realm of Senses is a sensory textile project at the intersection of art, design, and sustainability, driving innovation for interior and public spaces through a multi-sensory dialogue.

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Manuela blends her passion for textile art with the tactile emotions inspired by the winds of her Sicilian hometown and her love for gemstones, which she translates into transparency and vibrant colours in her textile artworks.

"I create textile pieces that dance with the wind. As a former ballet dancer, each creation is a homage to life, freedom, and love."

The project aims to establish a common thread among art, textiles, sustainability, and interior design, offering humans new ways to engage in emotional experiences and find moments of restoration.

The focus of "Realm of Senses" is on reusing, recycling, and upcycling old clothes and leftover fabrics, transforming them into textile artworks. Old curtains, Indian sarees, and reused fabrics are repurposed into architectural elements, amorphous sculptures, and wearable pieces. Through the use of leftover and recycled materials, Manuela creates sensory and immersive textile art installations for both private and public spaces, inviting people to sit, breathe, and connect with the external and internal environments.

The living space transforms into a suspended garden within a "Present" that is already shaping the "Future," blending senses and memories in a meditative environment.

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“LIGHTNESS AND PRESENCE, HERE AND NOW, WE EXPERIENCE AN ETERNAL MOVEMENT OF SOULS”