The Pantàlica series by Spinelli draws inspiration from the necropolis of Pantàlica in southeastern Sicily, a vast natural and archaeological site where thousands of rock-cut tombs are hewn into limestone cliffs, forming a layered terrain where human history and geological time converge. Capturing both monumental scale and quiet intimacy, the collection translates this landscape into sculptural furniture works that operate between function and architecture.

Solid timber, dyed a deep black, becomes the medium through which this primal character is reinterpreted. Surfaces are manually worked through planing and irregular carving, echoing the time-worn presence of stone shaped by erosion and human intervention. The forms retain the marks of their making, carrying forward a sense of labor and touch.

At the core of each work is an excavation: voids carved into the wood as an abstracted memory of caves and tombs. These are deliberate geometries, where repetition and serial patterning establish order. Negative space holds equal weight to mass, evoking interiors defined by shadow, light, and absence.

The spirit of the series is reflected in Vincenzo Consolo’s writing in Le pietre di Pantàlica: there is always a shadow that appears behind a ruin, a stone between a tree and a column, a voice that insists the world once held this form, and that it is already fading.

Handcrafted in Italy, Pantàlica becomes both a meditation and a continuation, grounded in history while remaining open to interpretation.