Nodus is Latin for knot. Every piece here begins as a length of cotton and ends as something that softens a room.

Nodus Atelier is the work of Etty Abadi, a Venezuelan artist living in Miami. She makes sculptural fiber art for interiors: oversized tassels, hand-knitted columns and wrapped wall pieces in natural cotton, wool and wood.

Her work is about flow. Fiber falls, swells and gathers the way water or silk would, so a piece seems to move even when the room is still. Each one is made by hand, in colors taken from the earth, and sized for the walls and the light it will live with.

Etty AbadiArtist and founder, Miami

Etty Abadi measuring a tall hand-knitted cotton column
Etty measuring a set of knitted columns.

The collection

Recent pieces by Etty. Open any work to see it larger, with its materials and size.

    From rope to room

    A piece made to order usually takes four to eight weeks, depending on its size.

    1. Listen

      It starts with the room: the height of the wall, how daylight falls across it, and the colors already living there.

    2. Gather

      Fibers are chosen by hand — unbleached cotton, soft wool and natural linen — and the wrap colors are matched to the space.

    3. Knot and wrap

      Etty knots, combs and wraps every strand by hand. Nothing is machine-made, so no two pieces are quite alike.

    4. Hang

      The finished work is delivered and hung in place, with care instructions so it stays soft for years.

    Etty Abadi trimming a row of cream tassels hung along a wooden rod
    Every tassel is trimmed by hand, so the lengths fall exactly as planned.
    Three tall wrapped columns hanging on a pale wall in a bright, double-height living room
    Three Columns, visualized in a double-height living room.

    Made for the room it lives in

    Etty plans each piece with its room in mind. Scale is part of the work — some pieces are sized for a hallway niche, others run the full height of an atrium.

    Scale
    Measured to the wall, from a 3-foot niche to a 14-foot atrium.
    Color
    Wraps matched to the woods, stone and linens around it.
    Light
    Placed where daylight brings out the texture of the fiber.

    Natural fibers, worked by hand

    Three materials make up almost every piece.

    • Close-up of chunky hand-knitted cotton cord

      Cotton cord

      Thick, unbleached and soft to the touch — bundled into tassels or hand-knitted into chunky sections.

    • Long strands of combed cotton fringe hanging side by side

      Combed fiber

      Cord unravelled and combed strand by strand into the long, falling fringe.

    • Close-up of ochre wool wound tightly around a cream tassel

      Wool wraps

      Hand-wound bands that hold each form together and set its color.

      • Ochre
      • Olive
      • Earth
      • Stone
      • Navy

    Custom pieces and collaborations

    Etty works with homeowners, interior designers and architects on pieces made for one specific space — from a single wall to a whole lobby.

    Ask for a custom piece

    • Private homes

      Living rooms, stairwells and bedrooms that need warmth and texture.

    • Designers and architects

      Pieces developed alongside your scheme, to your drawings and palette.

    • Hotels, restaurants and offices

      Large-scale installations for lobbies, dining rooms and meeting spaces.

    Get in touch

    Ask about a piece from the collection, a custom piece made for your space, or a collaboration.

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