Trace of Passage

Year : 2017
Dimension : 36 × 34.5 × 13 cm (Height × Length × Depth)
Weight : 512 grams
Edition Size : Unique piece
Base Price : Sold
Artist : Mahmood Rafati
Material : Natural wood, black metal chain, bark-textured wooden base
Technique : Sculpting with natural wood to create a slender and balanced figure; placing a black metal chain beside it as a symbolic element of discarded constraint; and using a bark-textured wooden base to emphasize connection to nature and authenticity

A slender, upright figure poised in lightness, rising with grace and balance—unburdened by any restrictive form. A dark chain lies beside it, not broken, just irrelevant. *Trace of Passage* is a sculpture about inner liberation; the moment when the self is found, and outer constraints lose their hold. It is not a depiction of struggle, but of serenity and awareness—when the way forward becomes illuminated from within, and every step leaves a proud, gentle trace behind.