Before working with stone, Isfer explored creative languages that train different ways of seeing: technical drawing, painting, graphic production, filmmaking, theatre, design, and branding. Each experience brought its own questions about structure, composition, rhythm, and presence.
In October 2023, at the studio of Leopoldino de Abreu Bisneto, Isfer had his first hands-on experience with stone sculpture. What began as an experiment opened a path of work that is still developing. Stone demands a different relationship with time: the block must be observed, decisions must be made about what to remove, and the emerging form must be followed throughout the process.
This transition does not erase what came before. Drawing and design remain present in his attention to composition and balance, while sculpture adds the weight, volume, and resistance of the material. Each work grows from the meeting between an intention and the qualities of a particular stone.