I Wish It Would Return

Year : 2021
Dimension : 15 × 18 × 4 cm (Height × Width × Depth)
Weight : 210 grams
Edition Size : Unique piece
Artist : Mahmood Rafati
Material : Wood, plant fibers, broken ceramic, paint
Technique : Assemblage with natural materials and emotional layout

Description: A memorial to a past long gone, composed of scattered fragments, faded color, and rooted textures. Together, they recreate a quiet sense of loss, nostalgia, and unresolved longing.

This sculpture whispers of longing — a soft echo of something lost, irretrievable, and yet ever-present. Through a scattering of natural materials and broken ceramics, the work becomes a visual archive of forgotten moments. The faded textures and fragmented arrangement mimic the way memory erodes — not vanishing, but thinning, softening, dimming.

The title evokes regret without desperation. There is no plea, only reflection. The broken shard does not demand restoration. It simply exists, like a relic from a time that mattered deeply once, and quietly still does.

The composition is passive, still, silent — but emotionally loaded. It doesn’t tell a story; it holds one. Not in words, but in arrangement. I Wish It Would Return doesn’t illustrate nostalgia. It inhabits it.