This is Barboza’s ultimate aim with her pieces that depict the likes of wandering streams that meander outside the confines of her crochet wheel, or a waterfall that thunders down to the ground in a neatly woven twirl of blues and greens. “My aim is to create pieces of work that simulates experiments, aiming to reconstruct nature, teaching us to have a new and fresh look at it,” she says.
Emphasis is placed on the idea that we, as humans, have become disconnected from nature and its evolution that takes place all around us. It’s a fluid movement, often going unnoticed. Barboza brings this idea to the forefront of our minds by literally placing the moving parts of nature right in front of our eyes. And it has everything to do with the technique used. Barboza doesn’t simply use crochet and stitch because it looks pretty. “I use these techniques in order to make a connection between manual work and the processes of nature,” she admits.