Topographical textures are the subject of American artist Fernando Mastrangelo’s first collection of floor coverings, 12 rugs created with legendary carpet manufacturer Edward Fields, officially available today. “The pieces needed to be sculptural,” he says of “Reverence,” which references the organic forms that define his work as well as natural phenomena including glacial genesis and volcanic lava flows—renderings through which Mastrangelo channels his larger anxiety: climate change. “It should be the most prominent human concern of our current time,” he asserts. “There is the looming inevitability that these landscapes will no longer be around in the future.”
These Beautiful Rugs Were Inspired by Climate-Change Anxiety
Fernando Mastrangelo addresses the precarious condition of the planet in a new collection of floor coverings, out today, for Edward Fields.
By Allie Biswas October 2, 2017
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The "Reverence" Collection
"Break I" is inspired by cracked ice plates drifting out to see.
The "Reverence" Collection
"Fracture I" references sliced canyons and the natural layers created by subtle movement over thousands of years.
The "Reverence" Collection
"Rupture I" is inspired by topographical views of smoldering lava pouring.
The "Reverence" Collection
"Swell I" references the rounds of pollution that infiltrate glaciers over decades and create natural layering.
The "Reverence" Collection
"Silent Waters I" looks to travertine terraces in Yellowstone National Park for inspiration.
The "Reverence" Collection
"Sal y Mar I" describes the natural interplay of salt and sea.
The "Reverence" Collection
"Then Thousand Years I" resembles an aerial landscape view of s lava-like pour of cement.
The "Reverence" Collection
"Linea I" translates the pour lines that occur when casting cement to resemble natural stone.
