Moonflower: Earth Remembered | Environmental Wool Fiber Spirit Sculpture, 2026

$1,450.00

I was once a sunflower.

I stood in clean water, breathed fresh air, and rooted myself in rich soil. I turned my face freely toward the sun.

That was a long time ago.

As the cities spread and the land hardened, I changed. My color faded. My leaves darkened. The light in my eyes grew quiet and forlorn. Deep red lines formed across my body, marks of apathy and destruction I did not deserve.

I remember what the world once was.

Before.

I remain. I witness. I hold memory. Even in the darkest times, I refuse to disappear.

I was once a sunflower.

I stood in clean water, breathed fresh air, and rooted myself in rich soil. I turned my face freely toward the sun.

That was a long time ago.

As the cities spread and the land hardened, I changed. My color faded. My leaves darkened. The light in my eyes grew quiet and forlorn. Deep red lines formed across my body, marks of apathy and destruction I did not deserve.

I remember what the world once was.

Before.

I remain. I witness. I hold memory. Even in the darkest times, I refuse to disappear.

Moonflower: Earth Remembered began as a sunflower and became something else through loss and adaptation. This sculptural fiber work reflects environmental damage, collective neglect, and the long memory held by the natural world.

The fading color and darkened leaves speak to depletion. The red lines represent trauma carved slowly into the land through indifference rather than malice. Moonflower’s eyes remain reflective, not accusatory. He does not rage. He remembers.

This piece is about endurance. About the quiet persistence of nature even when altered beyond recognition. About what remains when beauty is no longer protected, yet refuses to vanish.

Materials and Process

• Needle-felted wool face

• Wet-felted wool leaves

• Needle-felted wool detailing for veins and surface lines

• All elements shaped, layered, and assembled entirely by hand

• Soft, sculptural, and dimensional fiber construction

Dimensions

19 inches high × 21 inches wide × 5 inches deep

Symbolism

Sunflower transformed: adaptation through environmental harm

Fading color: loss of vitality and memory erosion

Darkened leaves: depletion and neglect

Red lines: ecological trauma and sustained damage

Reflective eyes: witness, remembrance, and endurance