This body of work begins with something that was never meant to be seen. Throughout my painting process, masking tape is used to protect surfaces, define edges and isolate areas of color. Once its function is complete, the tape is normally discarded. Instead of throwing it away, I preserve it. Each strip carries the residue of previous paintings—layers of acrylic, spray paint, enamel and accidental marks accumulated over time. Every fragment becomes a record of past gestures, holding the memory of works that no longer exist in their original form.

Rather than treating this discarded material as waste, I use it as my palette. The painted tape is cut, layered and assembled into new compositions, allowing color, texture and chance to dictate the image. Animals, portraits and abstract forms gradually emerge from fragments that already possess their own history. The process transforms a temporary tool into the final artwork. What once served only to protect a painting becomes the painting itself. These works are not only made from recycled materials, but from recycled moments of creation—preserving the traces of previous paintings while giving them an entirely new life.

The project is part of a broader exploration of the reuse of production materials and the sustainability of the creative process, proposing a circular model in which nothing not even technical waste is excluded from the possibility of becoming an image.