Whisper of Stones
Where Nature Remains
Whisper of Stones began with a large section of a centenarian olive tree whose wood was already in remarkable condition. Rather than reshape it, d’Almeida chose to preserve its naturally irregular, almost triangular form and work with what was already there. Small natural openings and a larger crack were carefully integrated with resin, stone and other natural elements, while the wood itself remained exposed, finely sanded and finished with mineral oil. A cylindrical volcanic stone from Terceira Island, in the Azores, sits within an existing hollow, surrounded by white stones and creating the visual suggestion of the number “1”. A fossil from the Portuguese Atlantic coast is partly embedded in resin yet remains exposed enough to be touched. Beach sand, stones and preserved bark complete a composition where different traces of nature coexist. The result is a functional artwork shaped less by transformation than by attention to what the material was already offering.
