Moana III, 2022 | Afatasi

Freestanding hand-welded steel sculpture by Afatasi featuring slender wave-like stems rising from a low shoreline form, with several tiny sailboat shapes suspended along the curving lines. — Delicate curving lines rise from a low shoreline form, carrying tiny vessel-like shapes through open space. The sculpture transforms salvaged steel into a light, airy seascape shaped by tides, movement, and quiet passage.

Moana III imagines the whale not only as a traveler of the sea, but as a keeper of voyages yet to come. From a single breath, delicate vessels rise into the air like dreams released upon the wind.