Mariana Viel II Sticker creating a play of dualities

creating a play of dualities between fragility and strength

almost ethereal figure is a conceptual sketch created for a film project that was ultimately cancelled

but rather to invite contemplation of the monstrous as something noble and full of meaning

Their detailed and geometric structure

suspended between the human and the mechanical

Mariana Viel II Sticker creating a play of dualitiesThis child's face, carved with an almost archaic simplicity, conveys a quiet melancholy. The cracks and textures on its surface resemble weathered wood, as if salvaged from a shipwreck or unearthed from an ancient dream. The sleeping expressionalmost ritualisticsuggests silence, stillness, and endurance. It is a fragile yet powerful image, speaking of the passage of time, of lost childhood, and of the beauty that endures even in decay. Sculpture