Pia Maria Raeder is committed to expressing her own vision of nature and translating the aesthetic beauties of the natural world into sculptural objects. Work by the artist has joined the permanent collection of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, France.

Each sculpture is handcrafted from thousands of beechwood elements, wooden rods (‘SEA ANEMONE’ series) or wooden pearls (‘STARDUST’ series) that are meticulously arranged one by one by hand. Free from its limitations, the wood thus transformed into undulating and living forms enjoys a new freedom. A breath of life seems to animate these organic creations, as if nature, rather than being copied, had been felt and reasserted.

Pia Maria Raeder’s work produces a sense of wonder, inducing a form of engagement beyond the gaze, more emotional and even tactile. In the artist’s own words: “My experimentations on materials and biomorphic forms aim at creating pieces which are as vibrant, unique and surprising as Nature”.

Pia Maria Raeder has become renowned worldwide for her ‘Sea Anemone’ collection that evokes the beauty of the seabed. Launched in 2016, the ‘Sea Anemone’ collection now encompasses many typologies in which function and poetry blend: coffee and side tables, wall and freestanding mirrors, armchairs, chandeliers, floor and table lamps, vases.

Since 2019 Pia Maria Raeder has pursued her exploration of nature with the ‘STARDUST’ series. “Just like everyone I am fascinated by the scene of a starry sky. We all instinctively feel the magnetic attraction of these suns’ final splendors, as far as they may be. Living organisms are all made of this stardust that has crossed the universe for billions of years. With ‘STARDUST’, I want to give my own interpretation of this natural phenomenon.”

Each work in the ‘STARDUST’ collection is made of thousands of beechwood half pearls carved in eight different dimensions. Comparable to a stellar landscape, the pearl structure then undergoes a custom real silver based metallizing process. This very technical last step based on this precious metal provides the largest spectrum of light possible, conferring each creation its astonishing changing and shimmering reflections. According to the viewing angle and the light, various shades are sparkling, from brown to pink to golden, from blue to black to silvery, in tune with the intangible spectrum of colors launched by a supernova in fusion.