• Nati aims to find solutions for waste through her multimedia sculptures
• Her works are a result of deep research and experimentation
• She adopts techniques from various crafts to combine different biomaterials

Nati Rodríguez creates unique sculptures with a wide variety of biodegradable materials. Although she was trained in millinery and contemporary jewellery, her curiosity led her to researching new materials and creating unique objects. “It is necessary and urgent to find solutions to the huge problem we have with the waste we produce. In contemporary craft, I seek answers through research, experimentation and emotional and conceptual design,” Nati says. She opened her workshop in 2005 as a laboratory for research and the pursuit of new languages of expression. There, Nati studies the dialogue between materials and techniques, from ceramics, metal, textiles, leather, esparto grass and polymers, to new technologies such as 3D printing. She created the Biomateria project, and worked on a series of biomaterial flowers that reinterpret the embroidery of Manila shawls for the Carmen collection by designer Leandro Cano.