Two antique linen fabrics, of considerable dimensions that are embroidered in red cotton thread, are some of the most emotive pieces of Marta’s project.

Theirs is a tribute to all women of her family, women made invisible who dedicated their lives to making and taking care of, that were never recognized. Women that often resorted to embroidery in their difficult times.

These old family legacy fabrics are the background where she depicts, with embroidery as a technique, the vital cycle of the forest. The tree leaves turned into piles fallen on the earth, feeding it and creating the sustenance needed to give life to the forest so it may start again.

Stitch by stitch, embroidering with cotton thread, the drawing of mounds of pine needles surge in a repetitive and performative act, not created by a preconceived design, but rather because of a meditative act, that is dependant on the emotional tone of the moment, which turns into forms that are dense or open.