The “måne” series of delicately carved moons summon visions of the palely-lit twilight of deep winter in the Nordic region. Embodying the waxing-waning edge of the moon’s cycle through panels of wood illuminated by internal LEDs, each sculpture bears the name of one of dozens of planetary moons across the solar system. As with much of Egeværk’s furniture, the sculptures’ elegant finish brings out the nuanced grain of the wood, which shares something of the illusory contours and shadowy concavities visible on our own moon’s surface.
Despina is a moon located within Neptune’s faint ring system. The moon orbits Neptune every eight hours, circling in the same direction as Neptune’s own rotation. Despina remains close to Neptune’s equatorial plane.
Despina is a daughter of Poseidon and Demeter.
Wall sculpture. Diameter 140 cm / 47.2 inches. Olive ash and LED Light. Unique year 2025.