Wunderkammer

Imaginary Relics — AI visual research
Imaginary Relics

A cabinet of wonders made of objects that never existed.

Wunderkammer is a personal research project exploring the visual language of sacred and arcane objects — reliquaries, coins, devotional symbols — reimagined as artefacts from an alternative history. Each piece is generated through AI as a tool for visual speculation: not to replace craft, but to push imagination beyond the limits of the hand.

The result is a collection of imaginary relics that feel ancient, tactile and strangely familiar — objects that could belong to a forgotten civilization or an undiscovered museum archive.

AI visual research. Part of the Bold & New Old universe.

Francesco Paternoster


Art Director, Illustrator and Educator. My practice moves between design and image-making, combining branding, lettering and illustration with a curiosity for new tools and traditional techniques.

Studio


Francesco Paternoster
Bari — Milano, Italy
P.IVA 01450810773