This was a private commission for a Cape Town friend Josie Grindrod, who has been a critical financial and intellectual support.

Accommodatingly, she asked for an outdoor work possibly hanging from a tree, but accepted (to date) a strange indoor articulation and an etching of the design evolution. The title refers to a Japanese word for "intention" or "wish". Small towers of pebbles are balanced in some shrines to mark an individual's wish for the future. The motion achieved by Onega-7 is a gentle vertical helix. This is an important work in my process in the sense that it is the first motion defined by 3 vectors and had to overcome some yet more complex spatial constraints. Also, it was the first time that I was able to recognize and present the immense amount of design development that normally goes unrecognized in my sketchbook. These sketches are part of the satisfaction and where I often feel most of the intellectual achievement and beauty remains embedded.