The Aqua Fossil series explores the idea of a future where water, the primary source of life, has solidified into eternal forms, trapped in the Earth’s surface as a fossilized remnant. Through alabaster, a translucent and organic stone, water is represented in its purest state, transformed into a tangible fossil, a trace of what once was. Each piece in the collection embodies a dialogue between the fragility of this natural resource and the permanence of its absence, projecting a vision of time’s impact on nature.
In Moon III, this concept is taken to a new dimension: the circle, the eternal symbol of life’s cycle and the celestial bodies, becomes the core of this work. The round mirror, divided between two materials, unites the past and infinity in a single gesture. One half, the alabaster, represents the surface of a fossilized moon, a sphere that may have once harbored water and life. The natural textures and veins of the alabaster suggest an eroded landscape, a petrified echo of a world that no longer exists. The other half, made of mirrored glass, reflects not only the image of the observer but also the cosmic void, that space where time dissolves, and what we see is always a vision of the past. The mirror, in returning our reflection, reminds us that even the present is already a memory, a fossilized moment fading away.
The creation of Moon III is a meticulous manual process, involving hand carving, sanding, and polishing. Each stage of working with the alabaster is an intimate and meditative act, as if the sculptor, under the moonlight and stars, is shaping not just the stone but also the passage of time itself. The careful treatment of the materials, from raw alabaster to its polished form, mirrors the slow erosion and transformation of celestial bodies, capturing the essence of time and nature in a single, eternal piece.

This piece explores the coexistence between natural matter and human creation. Sculpted alabaster emerges from beneath the concrete, appearing as a delicate fragment of pure nature that endures and persists, evoking our truest essence caught between urban elements.

Alabaster, with its transparency and inner light, symbolizes the eternal and unchangeable in nature, while concrete represents human intervention—hard and often oppressive.

With this work, Amarist Studio invites reflection on the balance between the human footprint and the natural world. When the alabaster is illuminated, a "fossil soul" emerges, enduring beneath layers of concrete, reminding us that despite environmental transformation, a pure essence always remains, ready to be rediscovered.

In Fossil Universe, the concept of Aqua Fossil expands to a cosmic scale, addressing the notion of time and life in the universe. This sculpture, crafted from alabaster, takes the form of a sphere that evokes the eroded surface of a fossilized planet. Through its textures and voids, it suggests a celestial body that once harbored life and water. The stone, with its veins and translucency, becomes a geological skin that narrates the disappearance of life as we know it.
Inside this eroded and hollowed sphere lies a second, smaller yet powerful sphere that emits light from its core. This luminous center represents the last remnant of vital energy, a force still pulsing at the heart of an otherwise lifeless planet. As the light filters through the alabaster, it subtly illuminates the outer surface. It is a dialogue between life and death, between the material and the intangible, where the light symbolizes the eternal energy that persists beyond physical form.
Fossil Universe is, in its essence, a tribute to the perpetual cycle of planets and life. The sphere, a symbol of eternity, reflects the unceasing passage of time and universal transformation. At the same time, the internal light is a reminder of the vital force that endures even in the darkest moments.
The creation process of Fossil Universe is entirely manual, achieved through hand carving, sanding, and polishing. Each stroke of the tool on the alabaster is a meditative act, as if the sculptor, under the moonlight and stars in the garden of the workshop, were peeling away layers of time to reveal the stone’s hidden essence. The slow transformation of the material, from its raw state to its final form, reflects the universal cycles that the artwork represents.

Aqua Fossil series transports the viewer to a landscape of unknown nature, revealing the main element of the molecular composition of alabaster stone: water. Created within the same conceptual framework, Bonsai is a fossilized natural plant with organic forms inspired by a hybrid between marine and terrestrial plant species. The concrete from which this species emerge reflects mankind's’ transformation of the environment and the struggle for survival and adaptation that nature has to endure because of it.

The sculpted alabaster reflects water in a fossil state. The fluid line of the Alabaster freezes the moment of water flowing in a torrent. The concrete represents man’s footprint in the changes that occur in the environment, the piece can be read as a delicate balance of coexistence where liquid water tries to follow its path while encountering artificial barriers. In the conceptual future of the work Aqua Fossil, concrete represents the historical testimony of the passage of humanity (our archaeological remains of a future) that lie next to fossilized testimonies of the water that flowed in that past.

When illuminated from inside out, the fluid and organic patterns of the stone embody the movement of water. The light shining through brings life to the piece and it elevates it as a unique treasure brought by waters of the past.

The Aqua Fossil series explores a future where water is in a fossil state due to the drastically changing conditions of our planet, hence reflecting on the environmental challenges that we are facing today.

Each chandelier displays a unique moment of fossilized water. When illuminated from inside out, the fluid and organic patterns of the stone embody the movement of water. The light shining through brings life to the piece and it elevates it as a unique treasure brought by waters of the past.
The work Aqua Fossil, conceptually, talks about a future where water is in a fossil state, drastically changing the conditions of our planet, and reflecting on the environmental challenges that we are living today.

Amarist Studio has been immersed in investigating the geological formation of the alabaster stone, its use throughout history and the process of extracting the mineral in the quarries near their studio.

The result is a collection that transport the viewer to a landscape of unknown nature, where each artwork seems to reveal the main element of the molecular composition of alabaster stone: water. In this way, Amarist Studio’s new Aqua Fossil series presents fluid organic compositions presenting alabaster stone as a liquid petrified element.

This collection of works reflects an analysis of the geological formation of the Iberian alabaster, a stone of sedimentary and metamorphic origin. This characteristic white stone with translucent properties is the result of the evaporation of an ancient sea in the Iberian Peninsula millions of years ago.

AQUA FOSSIL Mirror I transports the viewer to a landscape of unknown nature, revealing the main element of the molecular composition of Alabaster Stone: Water.

In this way, Amarist Studio’s new sculptural mirror describes a fluid organic composition presenting Alabaster Stone as a liquid element. Reinterpreting the material as a moldable element, returning it to its aqueous origin and revealing it as a treasure emerged from an ancient sea.

The result of this work presents a trip to the roots of the geological formation of the Iberian Alabaster, a stone of sedimentary and metamorphic origin, which after the evaporation of a sea millions of years ago, led to the formation of this characteristic white stone with translucent properties. Now, the area occupied by this old sea is a desert in the ‘Ribera del Ebro’ area, where deposits of this mineral are extracted as if they were buried treasures under an old seabed.

The mirrors and their organic shape resemble in a way the liquid state of water.

AQUA FOSSIL Mirror II belongs to the Aqua Fossil series and is created within the same concept. AQUA FOSSIL Mirror II transports the viewer to a landscape of unknown nature, revealing the main element of the molecular composition of Alabaster Stone: Water. In this way, Amarist Studio’s new sculptural mirror describes a fluid organic composition presenting Alabaster Stone as a fossilized liquid element. Reinterpreting the material as a moldable element, returning it to its aqueous origin and revealing it as a treasure emerged from an ancient sea. The result of this work presents a trip to the roots of the geological formation of the Iberian Alabaster, a stone of sedimentary and metamorphic origin, which after the evaporation of a sea millions of years ago, led to the formation of this characteristic white stone with translucent properties. Now, the area occupied by this old sea is a desert in the ‘Ribera del Ebro’ area, where deposits of this mineral are extracted as if they were buried treasures under an old seabed. The mirrors and their organic shape resemble in a way the transition of water from a liquid state to a fossilized one in the moment a drop touches the surface.

Mini Oda is inspired by the largest sculpture ever made by Amarist, Oda, which is located in the permanent collection of the Pablo Serrano Museum, in Spain. Oda is a piece of more than 3 meters and 300kg that petrifies the moment of water flow, constituting an ode to the origin of life, water.
The piece uses a different technique than the Aqua Fossil chandeliers, a meticulous work that starts from the “deconstruction” of Alabaster starting from flat slabs of this stone, which are broken into small pieces, and which are transferred wrapping an organized form, passing from the two dimensions of the slab to completely 3D organic forms. The work tries to return Alabaster to its watery origin, showing each piece as a treasure.