Making Wilden: the natural creations of Paola Barzanò

Start again from simple things and revolutionize the way we live. Behind every small cultural act lies a passion. It is first and foremost respect for nature that moves projects and producers close to Wilden.herbals. The common thread that binds them is the desire to see the world with renewed eyes, and this is their story.

Paola Barzanò: Chatting with Paola is like opening a Pandora’s box full of mirabilia. Architect, artist, yarn and fabric expert, Paola opened the doors of her home-laboratory to us, and the journey we embarked on led us to learn about natural coloring. This is the artist’s tale.

What is your background/training?

I graduated in old-school architecture and then completed a specialization in bio-architecture.

When did you decide you wanted to take a new path and why?

After graduation, I stayed for a few years at the university as a coordinator of courses in bio-architecture. At that time I became interested in natural building materials, and the transition to natural textile materials was almost spontaneous.

Handcrafted fabrics and accessories: how did your passion come about?

After studying and researching natural building materials and, later textiles, I focused on another inevitable step, which was the discovery of natural colors extracted from plants. It was a natural completion.

What inspires your creations?

Whenever I think of a product or a creation, I start from observation. It is observation, combined with research, that then allows me to speak a language starting from nature, its colors and shapes, essential and at the same time welcoming. The study of architecture, then, has led me to favor simplicity, functionality and attention to detail: essentiality is a plus. For a new ecology of body and mind.