Mare & Tuna Ex Machina: Charts new waters at 3 Days of Design

Last June, Sagarminaga Atelier took part in the annual design festival 3daysofdesign in Copenhagen, aboard the historic ferry at Gammelør. There, we unveiled for the first time Mare Ex Machina, a new line of sculptural furniture presented alongside Tuna Ex Machina, a kinetic piece inspired by the Atlantic bluefin tuna — a symbol of ancestral migrations, vital force, and instinctive drive.

Together, these two works gave life to a suspended ecosystem — a sculptural landscape in constant dialogue between creature and environment, between body and space.

Nature, Machine, and Suspension

Tuna Ex Machina does not represent a fish. It represents a journey — a passage between the wild and the choreographed, between nature and machine. Its kinetic movement evokes the ocean currents that dwell in the depths.

Mare Ex Machina, in turn, is a liquid landscape: energy, form, and matter suspended in balance. Through dyed plant fibers, hand-assembled metal structures, and crafted wood pieces, we explore a tactile and visual tension between the organic and the industrial, the soft and the structural.

Mare Ex Machina expands the symbolic universe of Tuna, tracing a poetic evolution from the articulated body of the fish to the intangible environment that surrounds it.

The Workshop: Materials and the Memory of the Sea

During the festival, we had the opportunity to lead a workshop inspired by the world of Tuna & Mare Ex Machina. We invited participants to explore the same materials and gestures present in the installation: natural fibers, metal components, tension, curve, stillness, and movement.

Craft your own amulet

As a result, each participant created a personal amulet. A sculptural memory of the installation, its materials, and the sea itself.