I wanted the tension between storm and calm — the moment right after survival, when exhaustion becomes something like peace. The Māori-Catalan fusion felt necessary: both cultures have deep relationships with the sea, but through different architectural languages. Gaudí's organic curves meeting the koru spiral. The brass diving equipment against hand-tattooed cloth. She's a keeper of pressure and depth, and the light through salt glass makes her the warmest thing in the frame. — Sable