Bornand based in Modena, Italy, Sara Barbanti works primarily in charcoal. Barbanti is interested in how different materials converse with and enhance each other. Contrast is essential in her jewelry, in which she combines organic shapes with simple figures, common materials with precious ones, light with darkness. The absence of figurative elements provokes a wider range of possibilities and reflections. Her work thus foregrounds the creation process, in which the spontaneity of the form and the composition are fundamental. As each piece evolves, the imperfections become strengths, and the fragment evokes wholeness.
