Recycled Art · Palermo, Sicily

Beauty born
from waste

Art that lives twice

Each artwork is a unique piece. Abandoned materials — wood, metal, paper, plastic — come back to life as sculptures, paintings and installations.

Cira Pignatiello working in her studio with recycled materials

Cicatrice Verde

installazione · 2024

The process

How an artwork is born

From collecting to transforming: every piece follows four phases that respect the history of the materials and the artistic vision.

01

Collecting

Scraps, branches, metals, papers: everything starts from materials the world has abandoned. Each collection is an act of listening.

02

Study

The material tells you what it wants to become. Weeks of observation before the project takes shape.

03

Transformation

Hands shape, weld, glue, paint. No material is wasted in the process.

04

The artwork lives

Every piece carries the history of the material and its new story as art. A double life.

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