Comissioned project by G & A Mamidakis Foundation, Greece

On view at Minos Palace Hotel, Crete

‘Echoes’, 2025

Hand-woven

Basalt

Physical non-flammable woven installation that soars 6 metres upwards, the aphanitic mineral crystals of basalt are too small to be seen with naked eye. These internal echoes,silent but speaking they remind us of the unseen layers of these formations, the power and the value of what is quietly resilient.

The warp and weft meet in basalt fibre, an aphanitic, extrusive igneous rock fibre formed from the rapid cooling of lava connected directly to the terrestrial ground.

The fundamental skill needed in this volcanic material is the same as in traditional weaving materials.Throughout this process, I come to realise it becomes a frail and delicate to handle fibre where the process is not far from any lace or a fine silk weave. The skill level cannot decline in either level. Aphanitic basalt echoes the forgotten voices and honors the depth in the unseen, the silent forces within us, hidden strengths, quiet beliefs and invisible formations that shape our existence.

‘Υou cannot easily burn a basalt woven fabric’.