Seamus O'Kane

Seamus O'Kane has spent his life braving the unpredictable seas along the coast of Belfast as a seasoned commercial fisherman. Living alone in a subsidized flat, his evenings are spent gently carving small animals from soap, leaving them around town as silent gifts. Each day draws him to the harbor, where he knows the smoke's hue from different woods—clear blue from beech, oily grey from driftwood—but he worries as he ages, wondering if there will still be a place for his weathered hands on the boat.