The One Who Lifts Alone

Year : 2018
Dimension : 33 × 7.5 × 24 cm (Height × Length × Depth)
Weight : 510 grams
Edition Size : Unique piece
Base Price : Sold
Artist : Mahmood Rafati
Material : Natural wood, metal ring, chain, semi-raw finish
Technique : Sculpting with natural wood and a semi-raw finish to create an elongated, upward-leaning figure; incorporating a metal ring on the arm and a loose chain at the side as symbolic elements of solitary struggle and internal burden

A lone, upward-reaching form—slender, angled, unsupported—bearing a metal ring on its arm and a loose chain at its side. Though scarred within, it continues to rise. *The One Who Lifts Alone* is a tribute to uncelebrated resilience, a story of self-belief born not from praise but from pain and absence. A sculpture about silence, conviction, and the courage to stand when no one else does.