Celestial III, 2021 | Afatasi

Freestanding hand-welded steel sculpture by Afatasi depicting a woven balloon-like form suspended above a perforated basket on a curved metal base. — A woven steel sphere floats above a perforated basket, connected by slender lines and balanced on a rising curved base. Celestial III transforms salvaged metal into an airy study of lift, suspension, and imagined flight.

Celestial III captures a hot air balloon at the threshold of flight. Its delicate steel balloon rises above a small basket, transforming salvaged metal into an object of buoyancy, wonder, and possibility.