{"id":432869,"date":"2025-09-18T05:12:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T05:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/432869\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T05:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T05:12:16","slug":"discarded-nets-reshape-into-permeable-functional-sculptures-by-iranzo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/432869\/","title":{"rendered":"discarded nets reshape into permeable functional sculptures by iranzo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Permanent Souls: Between the visible and the invisible<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Iranzo\u2019s project Permanent Souls examines how <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/recycling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discarded materials<\/a><\/strong> can be transformed into functional <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/sculpture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sculptures<\/a><\/strong> that exist between visibility and absence. The work uses polypropylene nets, originally sourced from sports and construction contexts, and combines them with epoxy resin to create lightweight, permeable structures.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The design process emphasizes handcraft and material specificity. Each piece is produced through an artisanal method that preserves the distinct qualities of the nets while stabilizing them in new forms. The resulting works retain traces of their previous use but are reconfigured into objects, such as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/chair-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chairs<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/table-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tables<\/a><\/strong>, that are both utilitarian and open to interpretation.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"discarded polypropylene nets reshape into permeable functional sculptures by iranzo\" width=\"818\" height=\"1091\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/between-the-visible-and-the-invisible-the-functional-sculptures-of-iranzo-2-68c98e1b3d6d5.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>all images courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/andiranzo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iranzo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Iranzo\u2019s sculptures transform everyday industrial remnants<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Formally, the sculptures suggest functionality without prescribing it. Their lightness, transparency, and suspended geometries allow for multiple readings, whether as objects to be engaged with physically or as structures that simply frame space and perception.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Through this process, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/andiranzo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">artist<\/a><\/strong> Iranzo\u2019s project considers the persistence of material beyond its initial purpose. Permanent Souls highlights the transformation of everyday industrial remnants into sculptural forms that carry both structural and conceptual weight, positioning them at the threshold between memory, use, and abstraction.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"discarded polypropylene nets reshape into permeable functional sculptures by iranzo\" width=\"818\" height=\"1091\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/between-the-visible-and-the-invisible-the-functional-sculptures-of-iranzo-3-68c98e1b3d718.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>Permanent Souls by Iranzo explores material transformation<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"discarded polypropylene nets reshape into permeable functional sculptures by iranzo\" width=\"818\" height=\"1090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/between-the-visible-and-the-invisible-the-functional-sculptures-of-iranzo-4-68c98e1b3d756.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>discarded polypropylene nets become sculptural forms<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"discarded polypropylene nets reshape into permeable functional sculptures by iranzo\" width=\"818\" height=\"1091\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/between-the-visible-and-the-invisible-the-functional-sculptures-of-iranzo-5-68c98e1b3d78e.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>epoxy resin stabilizes the nets into permeable structures<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"discarded polypropylene nets reshape into permeable functional sculptures by iranzo\" width=\"818\" height=\"1091\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/between-the-visible-and-the-invisible-the-functional-sculptures-of-iranzo-6-68c98e1b3d7c4.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>lightweight and transparent, the pieces blur form and function<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Permanent Souls: Between the visible and the invisible \u00a0 Iranzo\u2019s project Permanent Souls examines how discarded materials can&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3939],"tags":[4021,4020,11099,4022,77,10688,11102,20045,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-432869","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-chair-design","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-recycling","14":"tag-sculpture","15":"tag-table-design","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115223589517078199","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}