Sea Garden marks the beginning of a new chapter of Tudo Isto É, with Vanessa Barragão as the first artist invited to reinterpret the Portuguese guitar through the lens of Malabar. The project brings a familiar cultural object into a contemporary context, opening it to new materials, techniques and artistic languages while preserving the identity that makes it instantly recognizable.
For her intervention, Vanessa transforms the guitar into a handcrafted, organic landscape. Hand-worked fibers spread across the wooden body like an underwater garden taking shape, creating a dialogue between structure and softness, tradition and experimentation. The handmade process is central to the piece, bringing texture, individuality and a sense of growth to an object traditionally defined by precision and form. The result reflects both Vanessa’s nature-driven visual language and Malabar’s approach to collectible design: a singular work shaped by craftsmanship, authorship and the meeting of different creative worlds.
