Marita Setas Ferro
Pink Corals Reef, 2025
Wool, polyester, acrylic, polyamide yarns, upcycled copper (for the internal structure), 90x60x30cm High (approximate)
Inspired by the rare beauty of pink coral, this textile sculpture captures the fragile elegance of ocean life through the intricate language of crochet. Using soft gradients of pale blush, warm salmon, and coral rose, each thread is carefully chosen to echo the natural hues of angel skin coral, found in places as diverse as the South Pacific, the Mediterranean, and deep sea realms like the Endless Pink Coral Forest. The layered crochet technique mimics the branching, undulating forms of coral reefs, creating a tactile experience that invites touch and closeness. By building clusters, folds, and spirals, the piece evokes the living texture of coral colonies—delicate yet resilient. This sculptural work transforms yarn into a vivid, almost breathing surface, where color and form combine to suggest both depth and vulnerability. "Pink Corals Reef" is not only a visual homage to marine beauty, but a sensual one—drawing viewers closer with its softness, complexity, and dimensionality. The urge to touch becomes an emotional gesture, echoing the human longing to connect with nature. Through craft, texture, and form, this piece celebrates the silent poetry of the sea’s most precious architectures.
Marita Setas Ferro
Red Corals Reef, 2025
Wool, polyester, acrylic, polyamide yarns, upcycled copper (for the internal structure), 95x80x15cm High (approximate)
Red Corals Reef is a tactile textile wall sculpture—an invitation to see with the hands and feel with the heart. Inspired by Corallium rubrum, the endangered red coral of the Mediterranean and Atlantic, this piece pays homage to a vanishing marine forest by reimagining its delicate forms in fiber. In mythology, coral is steeped in wonder. It was born, the Greeks said, from Medusa’s blood, turning to stone as it touched the sea. Romans believed it guarded children and healed venomous wounds. These stories remind us that coral has always stirred awe—not just for its colour or form, but for its spirit. Here, coral is reborn in soft textiles—stitched, knotted, and layered by hand. Visitors are invited to touch, to explore with their fingers the textures and rhythms of the sea without harm. This wall piece becomes both a sensory landscape and a quiet act of resistance against loss. By translating the coral’s presence into cloth, Red Corals becomes a space of connection. It asks: can we admire without possessing? Can we remember without wounding? Through touch, this sculpture tells us yes—and offers the enduring beauty of nature not taken, but honoured.
Marita Setas Ferro
Red Corals, 2025
Wool, polyester, acrylic, polyamide yarns, upcycled polyester padding 60cm (diameter) x 32cm high (approximate)
Red Corals is a textile sculpture born from reverence—an homage to a silent forest beneath the sea. Inspired by Corallium rubrum, the rare and precious red coral, this work seeks to echo the intricate beauty of marine life without disturbing its fragile existence. In Red Corals, I translate these underwater forms into textile—thread becoming structure, softness becoming memory. It is an act of preservation through transformation. With each stitch, I seek to honour the unseen, the endangered, the sacred. We need not extract beauty to know it. Through art, we can feel the ocean’s pulse, and imagine a future where nature’s wonders are preserved, not plundered. A coral that lives, not bleeds.
Marita Setas Ferro
White Corals, 2025
Wool, polyester, acrylic, polyamide yarns, upcycled copper (for the internal structure), 110cm x 100cm x 15cm (approximate)
White Corals – A Textile Reflection This crochet sculpture is inspired by the white corals found in reefs around the world—corals that are still alive, but under stress. When ocean temperatures rise, corals lose the tiny algae that give them colour and energy. What’s left is a pale, ghost-like form: still beautiful, but fragile and struggling. Through soft yarn and slow, careful stitching, this piece reflects that delicate state. The white threads don’t represent death, but a pause—a moment in which the coral is waiting, holding on, hoping for balance to return. The sculpture doesn’t try to recreate the bright colors of healthy reefs. Instead, it draws attention to the quiet beauty that remains even when the color is gone. It’s a way of showing respect for these living structures, and of raising awareness about the ecological changes happening underwater. By bringing coral forms into the physical world—into something we can touch and see up close—this piece invites people to connect with the ocean in a more personal way. It’s a gentle reminder that even the most delicate parts of nature matter, and that their survival depends on our attention and care.
Marita Setas Ferro
Yellow Reef, 2018
100% recycled polyester padding, Wool, Acrylic, Polyester and polyamide yarns 40X40X28
Marita Setas Ferro
Grey Anemones, 2021
100% recycled polyester padding, Wool, Acrylic, Polyester and polyamide yarns 48X48X28cm
"Grey Anemone" an artistic representation of natural marine elements. These elements of the sea and land (corals, anemones, starfish, shells) are seen through a magnifying glass and reinterpreted through textile sewing techniques - knit and crochet. Although these techniques are very traditional, the way they are applied results in an initial surprise where there is a confrontation between the tradition present in the techniques and the innovation of form, aesthetics, textures and color - and in this clash, the pieces build a dialogue with those who see, touch and feel them.
Marita Setas Ferro
White Anemones, 2022
100% recycled polyester padding, Wool, Acrylic, Polyester and polyamide yarns 40X30X25
"White Anemones" is an artistic representation of natural elements – anemones. This piece is part of a collection of 8 pieces in which the theme is elements of the sea (corals, anemones, starfish, shells) seen through a magnifying glass and reinterpreted through textile techniques – knitted and crochet, worked to create “appetizing” volumes.
Marita Setas Ferro
Fading Luminescent Corals, 2024
Wool, polyester, acrylic, polyamide yarns, upcycled copper (for the internal structure), LED lights and electrical connections, Recycled polyester net (back of the sculpture) 120X130X20cm
“Fading Luminescent Corals” is a textile sculpture, inspired in the natural luminescent corals. With orange and coral tones that represent the living corals, the grey parts are representing the dying corals in nature. These corals have natural luminescent and they are found at greater depth in the oceans. Also represents an important warning about the human presence and destruction that we represent for planet Earth and other living beings. It belongs to the series “Things from Nature”, a general theme that connects my textiles sculptures since 2016.
Marita Setas Ferro
Luminescent Corals, 2024
Wool, polyester, acrylic, polyamide yarns, upcycled copper (for the internal structure), LED lights and electrical connections, Recycled polyester net (back of the sculpture) 180X90X20cm
“Luminescent Corals” is a textile sculpture, inspired in the natural luminescent corals, with dark tones of purple, blue and green and points of light, which are found at greater depth in the oceans. Also represents an important warning about the human presence and destruction that we represent for planet Earth and other living beings. It belongs to the series “Things from Nature”, a general theme that connects my textiles sculptures since 2016.
Marita Setas Ferro
Anemones in Volcanic Rock, 2024
Wool, polyester, acrylic, polyamide yarns, upcycled copper (for the internal structure), LED lights and electrical connections, Recycled polyester net (back of the sculpture) 200X180X30cm
The “Anemones in volcanic rock”, is an artistic representation of marine natural elements. These elements of sea and land (corals, anemones, starfish, shells) are seen through a magnifying glass and reinterpreted through textile sewing techniques – knit and crochet.
