Travels nurture the artist’s dreams and imagination. Captivated by the tangles of mangrove roots she discovered near the water’s edge during excursions throughout Thailand, Riehl wanted to convey the sensation of springing up and taking root, the life impulse felt in these calm, sometimes stagnant waters. Atypically she has added long, stylized banana leaves that form flat areas of porcelain. Renouncing her usual openwork forms of lace, here she uses a bold over-scaled facsimile, as if to underline the strength and presence of the vegetation conquering the slightest space left by humans. An awe-inspiring plant that is sometimes perceived as hostile, the mangrove is the symbol of a space where the plant kingdom takes center stage, a rich, complex and fragile ecosystem that we must take care of. By placing it at eye level on the walls, Riehl seeks to magnify it, to underline its splendor and crucial role.