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Calendars
Created with pen or felt-tip pen, on sheets or other objects and supports – including my own skin – engraved on marble, copper or steel, the Calendars take the form of a long sequence of numbers and letters representing the initials of dates from the day I undertake the performative exercise of writing and mentally concentrating on the time to come.
The Calendars are a form of meditation on time and its real existence, an attempt to give body to its intangible nature, to make it concrete, or at least to chase it, giving it a name and a date. With this artistic act I encourage you to notice Time, not to be afraid of it, not to cage it, not to underestimate it, to become its friend. Time is a gentleman who always reveals the truth.
![](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/LETIA-letizia-cariello_calendario-suono-del-tempo_01.jpg)
Calendario Suono del tempo
Penna a inchiostro su lenzuolo ricamo e rami oro su telaio tondo, Ø cm 100, Edizione unica 2023
![](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letia_letizia-carielllo_calendario-stellato_02.jpg)
Calendario Stellato
![](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letia_letizia-carielllo_calendario-neoplatonico_02.jpg)
Calendario Neoplatonico
Hand chisel engraving filled with gold and bronze leaf on carrara marble disk with hole in center Velvet bottom, Ø cm 40, Unique Edition 2022
![Calendario Pianeta](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letia_letizia-carielllo_calendario-pianeta_01.jpg)
Calendario Pianeta
Pink marble disc from Portugal with hand chisel engraved brass pin with gold fillings – system for hand rotation and wall mounting, Ø cm 70, Unique Edition 2023
![](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letizia-cariello-letia_lapis_tiburtinus.jpg)
Calendario Giallo
hand chisel-engraved writing on red Travertine stone with gold foil, Ø 35 cm, unique ed. 2023
![](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letizia-cariello-letia_calendario-devin_01.jpg)
Calendario Devin
ink pen and gold embroidery plus a stick marking the center on a round frame, Ø 100 cm, 2023
![](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letizia-cariello-letia_time-is-not-time.png)
Time is not time
![Calendario Bizantino](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letia-letizia-cariello_calendario-bizantino_01.jpg)
Calendario Bizantino
ink pen on linen and gold embroidery, Ø cm 40, unique ed. 2022
![](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letizia-cariello-letia_calendario_giallo.jpg)
Calendario giallo
hand chisel engraved writing on yellow marble, Ø 35 cm, unique ed. 2022
![](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letia-calendario-r-g-scaled.jpg)
Calendario R-G
pen on paper and red stitching, 2022
![](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letia_letizia-carielllo_grande-calendario-lapidario_01.jpg)
Grande Calendario Lapidario
Hand chisel engraving on Carrara marble disc, Ø cm 120, Unique edition 2021
![Calendario Antico](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letizia_cariello_calendario-antico.jpg)
Calendario Antico
![Calendario Antico](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letizia_cariello_calendario-antico.jpg)
Calendario Antico
![Diciassette Stelle](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letizia-cariello_diciassette_stelle.jpg)
Calendario Antico
Red embroidery and chisel engraving on Carrara marble, Ø 60 cm, unique edition, 2021
![](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letizia_cariello_blue_calendar_2021.jpg)
Blue Calendar
Ink writing and embroidery on framed sheet, Ø 120 cm, 2021
![Calendario Machina](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letizia_cariello_calendario-machina.jpg)
Calendario Machina
hand-engraved writing by chisel on Carrara marble with central hole, Ø 100 cm, 2019
![](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letizia-cariello_calendario-dish_02.jpg)
Calendario Dish
Ink script on early 20th century ceramic plate, 2021, Ø 20 cm
![](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letizia-cariello_calendario-dish_03.jpg)
Calendari Dish
Ink writing on ceramic plates based on a design by the artist produced in the Gatti factory in Faenza, limited series of 10 pieces, 2022, Ø cm 20
![](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letizia_cariello_calendario-dish.jpg)
Calendario Dish
Ink writing on English ceramic plate, 2017, Ø 20 cm
Silently Close Are Some Particles
z2o Sara Zanin Gallery, Rome, 2017
![Vogue Italia](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letizia_cariello_vogue-marzo-2021-copertina-Cariello.jpg)
Saving Time
Pen, engraving and red embroidery on cover, 2020, ph. Giorgio Benni
![](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letizia-cariello-letia_calendario_nudo.jpg)
Calendario nudo
Ink pen writing on bedding and box frame with black background, Cm 89 x 91 x 7, unique ed., 2018
![Calendario Michele](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letizia_cariello_calendario-michele.jpg)
Calendario Michele
Ink writing and embroidery on framed sheet, 2017, Ø 120 cm
Silently Close Are Some Particles
z2o Sara Zanin Gallery, Rome, 2017
![Rocco's Shoes](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letizia_cariello_rocco-shoes.jpg)
Rocco's Shoes
Shoes, string, butcher’s hooks, writing, cm 20×30, 2006
Don-Don
Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, 2011
![](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letizia_cariello_calendario-door.jpg)
Calendario Door
Ink writing and embroidery on framed sheet, Ø 120cm, 2017
Silently Close Are Some Particles
z2o Sara Zanin Gallery, Rome, 2017
![](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letizia_cariello_atlante.jpg)
Atlante
Calendar sculpture on stone, 22x14x16 cm
Silently Close Are Some Particles
z2o Sara Zanin Gallery, Rome, 2017
![](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letizia_cariello_calendario-fiore.jpg)
Calendario Fiore
Ink writing and embroidery on framed sheet, 2017, Ø 120 cm
![](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letizia_cariello_calendario-gemma.jpg)
Calendario Gemma
ink writing and embroidery on framed linen sheet, 2016, Ø 120 cm
![Calendario Lapidario](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letizia_cariello_calendario-lapidario.jpg)
Calendario Lapidario grande
Carrara marble, hand-engraved writing by chisel, Ø 160 cm
![Calendario Scotti](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letizia_cariello_calendario-scotti.jpg)
Calendario Scotti
Indigo-inked copper with circle in the centre, protective varnish, Ø 100 cm
![Calendario Sealtiele](https://www.letiziacariello.com/media/letizia_cariello_calendario-sealtiele.jpg)
Calendario Sealtiele
Satin-finished steel, inked screenprint on steel, Ø 100 cm