This series offers a look behind the scenes — the drawings, experiments, and evolving lines that later find their way into my Parisian works. The motifs, inspired by chevaux de frise (the ornamental iron spikes that guard Parisian balconies), have become a recurring visual language in my practice. Here, I explore their transformation from ink studies on paper to charcoal drawings integrated into cityscapes. Each sketch begins with fluid, plant-like gestures, then gradually acquires architectural discipline. The result is a hybrid form — part botanical, part mechanical — echoing both the elegance and the quiet defenses of the city itself. Drawn in ink, charcoal, and digital pencil on textured paper, these studies capture the rhythm of repetition and variation at the core of my process.