Celestial, 2021 | Afatasi

Freestanding hand-welded steel sculpture by Afatasi featuring a bird-like form perched above a circular disc and large spiral on a round metal base. — A bird-like figure rests above a circular form and broad spiral, creating a composition that appears poised between stillness and ascent. Celestial reveals an early visual language of flight, balance, and transformation that would later develop throughout Afatasi’s Celestial Series.

Celestial Study I marks an early moment in the language of the Celestial series. A small gifted hummingbird hovers above a rising spiral, bringing flight, wonder, and possibility into one of Afatasi’s earliest welded sculptures.