Fern - PinFil

Sculpture with a rusted finish, where the patina is not a final act but a process in continuous transformation. Conceived to inhabit the exterior —in dialogue with time, the elements, and matter— the piece nevertheless maintains an adaptable vocation that allows it to integrate also into interior spaces as an autonomous presence.

The work is articulated as a threshold between the intimate and the visible, where emotion condenses into a sensitive geometry. Its forms, stretched between balance and displacement, propose a spatial grammar in which every angle reconfigures perception and shifts the notion of beauty toward the unstable. In its presence, space is not occupied; it is activated: it becomes a field of forces, a latent architecture where matter, energy, and proportion dialogue in an open experience.

Its structure has been designed for anchoring to a base or plinth, enabling different installation configurations depending on the exhibition context.

Fern is the pseudonym under which the sculptor Clavo and the sculptress Carmen Lop work together.

Their practice focuses on iron and steel forging, using forging and welding techniques. Their work moves between figuration and abstraction, occasionally incorporating influences from pop art.

With a strong attention to craft and artisanal work, they have developed a career with presence in collective and solo exhibitions, mainly at the national level.

They have received various recognitions, including the Urban Sculpture Prize Ciudad de Ávila (2006) and the Memorial to the Victims of Machismo Violence in Zaragoza (2016).

Their work is situated within the tradition of contemporary Spanish sculpture, in dialogue with artists such as Martín Chirino, Jorge Oteiza, Eduardo Chillida, and Julio González.