"Cocoon" — Welded Steel Sculpture with a Copper Core

Cocoon is a handmade steel sculpture built from several curved, elongated sheets of metal that wrap around one another into a vertical, opening form. The composition suggests a splitting seed pod, a cracking husk, or wings caught half-unfolded. Hidden in the gap between the sheets is the interior: a cluster of molten copper with a warm reddish sheen and a smooth steel sphere that reads like an enclosed seed. The outer surfaces carry a dark, uneven texture with visible traces of fire and grinding — almost black in places, polished to a silvery gleam in others.

The work turns on the tension between the hardness of the material and the softness of the gesture: the steel was cut, heated, bent and welded entirely by hand, and the seams were left visible as a record of the process. The form changes completely with the viewing angle — compact and closed from one side, open and revealing its hidden core from another. The sculpture stands on a flat steel base and is signed by the artist. It suits interiors with strong character: a loft, a study, a library, a reception hall or a gallery. Hand-crafted as a one-off — the texture, the molten passages and the weld lines cannot be repeated.