In the summer of 2018 my husband, my father and I went for a lovely walk to discover the falls of the Morcione river near Zavattarello.
Now an association of the neighbourhood takes care of the path maintenance, placing signals, benches and cleaning the place regularly. The first time we decided to go there, though, finding the right way was a little adventure, rewarded in the end with stunning landscapes.
Immersed in untouched woods, the path follows the Morcione creek, meeting at first small jumps of water, then higher ones, until it reaches high falls excavating the rocky mountain. Do not miss the chance to climb the highest one: the green panorama from the top is remarkable.
Along the path we stumbled on a piece of dead root, left broken in a corner, weathered by time: when we set our eyes on it, we suddenly realised we wanted to turn it into a DIY project. So my father placed it in his backpack and the root came home with us.
After a few months drying in the garage, we took advantage of a long weekend home to work on it: the idea was turning this wood into a lamp.
The longest part was cleaning every wrinkle from earth and moss, that took me almost an entire day, while my husband was occupied with the electric part of the work: assembling the lamp and selecting an appropriate vintage wire.
After the cleaning, we accurately painted the root, first with wood preservative and then with clear varnish.
The final phase was installing the bulb inside the root.
Now we have at home a little artwork made from a piece of the land where I was born. It’s not the only piece reminding me of the small village of my infancy, but it’s the only one by now that was made with materials gathered in the woods where I spent my childhood.
Other projects, for instance the string art dedicated to the castle of Zavattarello, are made with materials that came from elsewhere, but they are not less important because of this.
In several projects we made we marked memories of places, moments, people. We like having around something made by us to remind us of what we love.
