rodrigo bueno cultivates botanical life within nature-filled furniture

rodrigo bueno cultivates botanical life within nature-filled furniture 
all images courtesy of rodrigo bueno

sao paulo-based artist rodrigo bueno lives and works in what he calls the ‘jungle inside’, a living laboratory where nature and time meet. his studio is filled with reclaimed materials — mostly wood and plants collected from urban waste — which he transforms into installations, sculptures, paintings and objects. through the reuse of organic mediums, bueno seeks to draw attention to the inherent beauty of the natural world, and allows space for a variety of senses, from touch to vision to sound.

one of his recent creative endeavors has seen him untie colorful botanical life with furniture, intertwining bark, branches and leaves into fabric cushions and chair legs. the quotidian objects come alive with new purpose, ever-changing in shape, size and color. the project description quotes agnaldo farias, ‘there is no death, but continuous transformation of states and chaining transmutations’.

the quotidian objects come alive with new purpose

colorful botanical life is added into the fabric surfaces

the objects continuously change in appearance 
an old chair is given new life through the introduction of botanical life 

plants grow out from the seat of a chair 

brightly colored plants take shape in their cushioned encasement

a tree branch is appropriated into the leg and back of a wooden chair 

the artist’s studio called ‘jungle inside’