The Origin
Three clear quartz parrots — almost ghostly in their translucency — gather around the mouth of an amethyst formation that rises vertically like a tower. The piece was photographed with ethereal blue lighting that reveals the way clear quartz transmits and diffuses light through its crystalline structure.
Fabiano carved these birds thinner than most — pushing the limits of how delicate quartz can be shaped before it fractures. The wings are translucent enough to see shadows through them. The effect is of birds made from frozen water, caught mid-flight around a violet stone spire.
"I carved these as thin as the stone would allow. One more millimeter and they would have broken. That edge — between existing and not — is what makes them alive."
— FABIANO · MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL