The Origin
This is the most ambitious composition Fabiano has ever attempted. Five individual cockatoos — each carved from a separate white quartz formation — perched on a natural driftwood branch that Fabiano found near the mine entrance in Serra do Espinhaço. The branch had been weathered by decades of mountain wind into a form that looked, he said, like it was waiting for birds.
The quartz carries an unusual translucency — almost milky, with a faint warmth when light passes through the wings. Crystal flowers accent the branches where bark meets stone. The base is an uncut quartz boulder that anchors the entire composition with the weight of the earth itself.
"I have carved birds for forty years. But this is the first time I built them a home."
— FABIANO · MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL