Metamelei - The City

In this work, I reveal a fragment of the city of Metamelei.

To the right, the entrance of a temple.

At the center, the council house.

To the left, a private dwelling.

In the distance, the sand plains stretch toward the gate — the threshold between worlds.

Metamelei is not a fantasy escape. It is a parallel reality that mirrors our own. The architecture is deliberate: stone, stairs, arches, rooted foundations. Everything is structured, yet subtly reclaimed by nature. The massive tree roots emerging from the earth are not destructive — they are ancestral. They hold memory.

Drawing this on panel allows me to work with density and permanence. Graphite on wood creates a surface that feels architectural in itself. I build the city slowly, stone by stone, shadow by shadow. The empty space around the buildings is intentional. It is silence. It is breath. It allows the structures to exist without spectacle.

This city does not scream.

It waits.

The temple represents belief.

The council house represents governance.

The dwelling represents the individual.

And the distant gate represents choice — to enter, to leave, to question.

Metamelei grows from the tension between nature and structure, between memory and decision. In this view, I am not only showing a city. I am mapping a system — one that asks how societies balance power, spirituality and personal space.

This is not a ruin.

It is a beginning.