Floating algae in the Venice lagoon: forms that overlap without quite touching, drifting across each other on separate planes. Rubelli builds the depth from a shiny-against-matt contrast rather than from colour, so the pattern shifts depending on where you stand relative to the light.
The hand comes from a flocked chenille, which gives a jacquard the surface of a velvet at a fraction of the weight. The warp is evo nylon, spun from castor seed. A 98 cm vertical repeat against 67.5 cm horizontally, half the 135 cm width, means the drawing is large and needs room to be read. 460 g, 28,000 Martindale, made in Italy.
