01/05/2026
Luminescent Corals
Marita Setas Ferro
Light in the deep.
Darkness interrupted by colour.
Luminescent Corals draws from the ocean’s
furthest depths — where corals glow against
darkness, points of light in an otherwise
unseen world.
Constructed through layered knitting and
crochet, the work reinterprets marine
formations through textile — wool, acrylic,
polyester, and metallic elements building
a form that is at once familiar and
completely unexpected.
These techniques are deeply traditional.
Yet the way they are applied creates
an immediate confrontation — between
the known and the new, between touch
and vision, between tradition and
the innovation of form.
Part of The Echoes of Things from Nature,
an ongoing investigation into material,
ecology, and transformation — begun in 2016.
Textile Sculpture — wool, acrylic, polyester,
polyamide yarns, recycled polyester padding,
metallic upcycling rings and LED lights
180 × 90 cm — 2024
✦ Marita will be presenting her solo project
The Echoes of Things from Nature at
Personal Structures: Confluences,
European Cultural Centre, Venice Biennale
2026 — 9 May to 22 November.
Supported by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
What draws you in first —
the light, the texture, or the depth?
Double J Collective Gallery
Dubai