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A circular openwork medallion glowing on a wood-panelled wall in a refined corridor, Private Mega Yacht.
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A warm wood-panelled corridor with a framed spiral sunburst artwork lit on the end wall, Private Mega Yacht.

Private Mega Yacht

(2025)

This collection comprises seven bespoke artworks created for a 146-metre private mega yacht, completed in 2025. Commissioned under strict confidentiality, the project followed the owner’s acquisition of a previous yacht on which Yahya had completed a series of works, bringing his work to his attention and leading to a new commission for his own vessel. With full creative freedom granted across eleven potential locations on board, seven sites were selected for intervention, allowing each work to be developed in direct response to its architectural setting at sea.

The series is executed entirely in bronze, with each work individually conceived yet unified through a shared formal and conceptual language. Central to the collection is the exploration of Fibonacci-based geometries and natural growth patterns, including spiral formations and double-helix structures, reflecting the universal logic of expansion from a central point outward. These principles are translated into sculptural compositions through precise hand-sawn elements, engraved surfaces, and carefully calibrated proportions, creating works that feel both mathematically grounded and organically generated.

A defining feature of the series is the evolution of light as an integral material. Building on earlier mandala-inspired works, the pieces incorporate “liquid light” inserts and perforations, allowing illumination to emerge from within the structures. This approach reaches its most abstract expression in a large rectangular composition defined by micro-perforations, evoking a Milky Way-like field through a controlled constellation of light. Across the collection, the interplay of bronze, light, and shadow transforms each work into both a sculptural object and an atmospheric instrument, reinforcing a dialogue between structure, nature, and the invisible forces that shape both.

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A wood-panelled lounge with a circular medallion artwork mounted above the bar, Private Mega Yacht.
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A wood-panelled corridor with a circular openwork medallion glowing on the wall, Private Mega Yacht.
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A framed spiral sunburst artwork lit on a wood-panelled wall above a staircase rail, Private Mega Yacht.
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Close-up of a circular medallion with radiating sunburst rays around a finely perforated dotted centre, Private Mega Yacht.
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A circular perforated metal disc glowing within a ring on a dark wall, fine dotted lattice inside, Private Mega Yacht.
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A rectangular panel carved with a swirling sunburst radiating from an off-centre rosette, framed in black, Private Mega Yacht.
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A geometric lattice of crossing diagonal bands spiralling toward a central rosette, warm tone, Private Mega Yacht.
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A radiating sunburst medallion with petal-like rays around a perforated dotted centre, Private Mega Yacht.
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A flower-like lattice medallion of concentric woven rings around a perforated centre on a dark ground, Private Mega Yacht.
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A radiating lattice medallion with crossing bands around a dense perforated centre rosette, Private Mega Yacht.
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Close-up of an oval target of concentric rings ringed by fine radiating lines on a warm ground, Private Mega Yacht.
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A circular medallion of fine radiating lines around a dense spiral centre, mounted on a pale blue wall, Private Mega Yacht.
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Three plain brass disc forms with central bosses arranged on a white ground, Private Mega Yacht.
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Two overlapping circular openwork lattice discs with a fine net pattern on a pale ground, Private Mega Yacht.
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Close-up of a woven-lattice dome with a central perforated rosette in a warm tone, Private Mega Yacht.
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A cluster of overlapping circular openwork lattice discs of varying sizes on a white wall, Private Mega Yacht.
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Close-up of a finely stippled surface with subtle marbled swirling forms in a warm sepia tone, Private Mega Yacht.
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A horizontal textured silver panel set in a dark frame, mounted on a grey wall, Private Mega Yacht.
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Close-up of a finely stippled metal surface with subtle swirling forms in a warm tone, Private Mega Yacht.
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Close-up of a finely stippled surface with subtle marbled swirling forms in a warm sepia tone, Private Mega Yacht.
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A craftsman's hand and tool on the curved edge of a gold openwork dome over layout lines, Private Mega Yacht.
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A gloved artisan working the edge of a large gold openwork disc resting on a marked surface, Private Mega Yacht.
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Close-up of curved metal ribs of a partly assembled openwork piece on a workshop bench, Private Mega Yacht.
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Overhead view of an artisan tooling a large radiating metal lattice dome under construction, Private Mega Yacht.
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Hands working the curved metal ribs of a piece during fabrication, Private Mega Yacht.
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Close-up of an artisan's hand smoothing the curved golden woven-lattice surface of a dome, Private Mega Yacht.
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A craftsman's hand pressing a tool across a finely ribbed silver disc surface, Private Mega Yacht.
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Hands tooling a curved golden lattice dome being shaped, Private Mega Yacht.
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An artisan working a circular gold disc set within a finely lined white template on a bench, Private Mega Yacht.

Photography Credit: Emilio Rouach