Celestial II, 2021 | Afatasi

Freestanding hand-welded steel sculpture by Afatasi featuring layered wing-like forms and small stars rising diagonally from a rectangular metal base. — Layered wing-like forms rise diagonally from the base as small stars appear along the sculpture’s upward path. Celestial II transforms salvaged steel into an energetic study of flight, ascension, and movement toward the celestial realm.

Celestial II captures a bird poised between arrival and departure. Hand-welded from salvaged steel the sculpture inhabits the fleeting moment before flight or just after landing, where balance, instinct, and possibility converge.