Afatasi

Lineage-based fine artist.

Works

Reliquary Afatasi

Moana Series

The Moana Series is an ongoing body of sculptural maquettes inspired by the ocean and its surrounding landscapes. Hand-welded in steel, these works explore marine life, coastlines, islands, tides, and the quiet beauty of the sea through forms discovered in salvaged metal.

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.

Moana III, 2022

Scrap Steel

Freestanding hand-welded steel sculpture by Afatasi featuring two rounded marine forms with curling, plant-like shapes rising above them on a rectangular base.

Moana III, 2022

Scrap Steel

Freestanding hand-welded steel sculpture by Afatasi featuring layered landforms and curling, wave-like shapes inspired by the ocean.

Moana I, 2022

Scap Steel

Freestanding hand-welded steel sculpture by Afatasi featuring layered plant-like and marine forms rising beneath two long curved elements on a rounded metal base.

Moana Study IV, 2021

Salvaged Steel

Freestanding hand-welded steel sculpture by Afatasi featuring an abstract marine form with looping circular shapes, flowing wave-like lines, and star-like motifs on a rectangular base.

Moana, 2021

Scrap steel