CASCADIA
Vinyl graphics, polyethylene, wood, aluminum, light & sound systems. Multimedia artwork greets visitors to new downtown recreational park in Edmonds, Washington features illuminated lifeboat sculptural suspension and seawall supergraphic depicting regional flora, fauna and map imagery with field recordings. Additional information at lifeboatseawall.blogspot.com
Vinyl graphics, polyethylene, wood, aluminum, light & sound systems. Multimedia artwork greets visitors to new downtown recreational park in Edmonds, Washington features illuminated lifeboat sculptural suspension and seawall supergraphic depicting regional flora, fauna and map imagery with field recordings. Additional information at lifeboatseawall.blogspot.com
TREE OF LIFE
Tempered glass, patinated stainless steel, bronze, lighting, plantings, trees. Seattle's historic Pike Place Market and adjacent Victor Steinbrueck Park provide the setting for the world’s only permanently-sited homeless memorial. This project provides a gathering place within a park noted for its viewpoints and hospitality to all citizens. The ‘tree’ is a focal point with missing commemorative ‘leaves of remembrance’ scattered on sidewalks throughout the city. Go to www.homelessremembrance.org and www.fallenleaves.org for additional information about the project and those commemorated.
Tempered glass, patinated stainless steel, bronze, lighting, plantings, trees. Seattle's historic Pike Place Market and adjacent Victor Steinbrueck Park provide the setting for the world’s only permanently-sited homeless memorial. This project provides a gathering place within a park noted for its viewpoints and hospitality to all citizens. The ‘tree’ is a focal point with missing commemorative ‘leaves of remembrance’ scattered on sidewalks throughout the city. Go to www.homelessremembrance.org and www.fallenleaves.org for additional information about the project and those commemorated.
CHRONOLOG
Stainless steel, aluminum, stained glass, plants, flexface, clock & lighting systems. As a meditation on nature and civilization, chronolog invites the transit facility user to consider time as forms of measurement, climate history and local iconography. Featured artworks include chronolog clock tower, shadowslice mosaic pavers, axgrove sculptural landscape & seedleaves lightboxes (comprised of 60 individual pieces). Project set tone for subsequent mixed-use senior center development and refers to Federal Way’s logging history.
Stainless steel, aluminum, stained glass, plants, flexface, clock & lighting systems. As a meditation on nature and civilization, chronolog invites the transit facility user to consider time as forms of measurement, climate history and local iconography. Featured artworks include chronolog clock tower, shadowslice mosaic pavers, axgrove sculptural landscape & seedleaves lightboxes (comprised of 60 individual pieces). Project set tone for subsequent mixed-use senior center development and refers to Federal Way’s logging history.
EARTHGROVE
Weathering steel, lighting. Artwork is comprised of two clusters of ‘totem timbers’ incised with regional flora and fauna for a live-work development in Vancouver, BC. Corresponding website at www.earthgrove.net
provides a key to deciphering imagery and background on environmental issues.
Weathering steel, lighting. Artwork is comprised of two clusters of ‘totem timbers’ incised with regional flora and fauna for a live-work development in Vancouver, BC. Corresponding website at www.earthgrove.net
provides a key to deciphering imagery and background on environmental issues.
LUMINOUS
Patinated & polished stainless steel, lighting, acrylic. Illuminated environmental artwork for transit-oriented development at Oaks Station Place in Minneapolis includes ‘monument grove’ entry landmark, ‘disclights’ plaza lighting and a sculptural ‘monitor’ bathysphere. Luminous borealis-like ‘reed-stalks’ reference nearby wetlands and granaries while the sculpture pays homage the neighborhood’s namesake, the inventor/engineer, John Ericsson. Glowing microbes based on samples taken from nearby Minnehaha creek are viewed through sculpture’s portholes.
Patinated & polished stainless steel, lighting, acrylic. Illuminated environmental artwork for transit-oriented development at Oaks Station Place in Minneapolis includes ‘monument grove’ entry landmark, ‘disclights’ plaza lighting and a sculptural ‘monitor’ bathysphere. Luminous borealis-like ‘reed-stalks’ reference nearby wetlands and granaries while the sculpture pays homage the neighborhood’s namesake, the inventor/engineer, John Ericsson. Glowing microbes based on samples taken from nearby Minnehaha creek are viewed through sculpture’s portholes.
HYDRA
Aluminum, powdercoated aluminum, lighting. Sculptural landmark for Fire Station 7, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Oversized hydrant spouts a geyser comprised of fins that trace the course of a nearby section of the Rio Grande bisected by historic Route 66.
Aluminum, powdercoated aluminum, lighting. Sculptural landmark for Fire Station 7, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Oversized hydrant spouts a geyser comprised of fins that trace the course of a nearby section of the Rio Grande bisected by historic Route 66.
FLUMEFLOW
Igneous river rock, plants, vinyl graphics, cedar, paint. Environmental artwork at Oak Tree Park and Water Flume Line Trail for Tacoma Office of Arts and Cultural Vitality. Four elements (free/fly/flow/flume) form a poetic material meander through a neighborhood park and trail system. Projects include a new meadow, iconic stonework with plantings, habitat restoration with artistic birdhouses for Western Bluebirds and a refurbished New Deal era Art Deco WPA pump station. See background on project development at: www.waterflume.blogspot.com
Igneous river rock, plants, vinyl graphics, cedar, paint. Environmental artwork at Oak Tree Park and Water Flume Line Trail for Tacoma Office of Arts and Cultural Vitality. Four elements (free/fly/flow/flume) form a poetic material meander through a neighborhood park and trail system. Projects include a new meadow, iconic stonework with plantings, habitat restoration with artistic birdhouses for Western Bluebirds and a refurbished New Deal era Art Deco WPA pump station. See background on project development at: www.waterflume.blogspot.com
WINGFERN
Stainless steel, powdercoated aluminum, LED lighting. Wayfinding ‘wingferns’ provide iconic eyebrow friezes over tunnel at SeaTac International Airport, signifying entry to coastal woodland portion of Airport Landscape Plan while wing cradling fern highlights nearby habitat and wetlands restoration project.
Stainless steel, powdercoated aluminum, LED lighting. Wayfinding ‘wingferns’ provide iconic eyebrow friezes over tunnel at SeaTac International Airport, signifying entry to coastal woodland portion of Airport Landscape Plan while wing cradling fern highlights nearby habitat and wetlands restoration project.
SOUNDINGS
Stainless steel, concrete, lighting, sound systems. Plaza sculptures play sonic duets with wind, water and field recordings. LED ‘light river’ tracing the course of the historic Duwamish River runs the length of fret board, providing nighttime main entry landmark. Forms reference musical instruments, split hazelnuts and divided worlds.
Stainless steel, concrete, lighting, sound systems. Plaza sculptures play sonic duets with wind, water and field recordings. LED ‘light river’ tracing the course of the historic Duwamish River runs the length of fret board, providing nighttime main entry landmark. Forms reference musical instruments, split hazelnuts and divided worlds.
POND
Stained glass, concrete, stainless steel, plantings. 450,000 hand-set glass pieces. Collaboration with Benson Shaw and Peter Ker Walker, LA. Broken glass mosaic plaza provides centerpiece for Wallingford Steps, a new entry to internationally-renowned Gas Works Park. Over 400 stainless steel waterjet cutouts based on childrens’ drawings are embedded in mosaic pavers arranged in green-blue/land-water transition signifying the transition from neighborhood terrain to nearby Lake Union. Piece reads alternately as ripples or orbs, a huge drop of water, a microscopic image, a mirror sky with constellations, earth/ocean with flora, fauna & fossils, blending scales within a soundstage.
Stained glass, concrete, stainless steel, plantings. 450,000 hand-set glass pieces. Collaboration with Benson Shaw and Peter Ker Walker, LA. Broken glass mosaic plaza provides centerpiece for Wallingford Steps, a new entry to internationally-renowned Gas Works Park. Over 400 stainless steel waterjet cutouts based on childrens’ drawings are embedded in mosaic pavers arranged in green-blue/land-water transition signifying the transition from neighborhood terrain to nearby Lake Union. Piece reads alternately as ripples or orbs, a huge drop of water, a microscopic image, a mirror sky with constellations, earth/ocean with flora, fauna & fossils, blending scales within a soundstage.
SPIRIT BOAT
Stainless steel, powdercoated aluminum and galvanized steel, lighting and plants. West Hill Community Center in Skyway, WA. Illuminated archway, mosaic inserts (Benson Shaw), glasswork (Mauricio Robalino) and grating frame the plaza entry and reinforce the concept of our arrival from ‘different worlds’ for a diverse neighborhood population. Project was part of a neighborhood rehabilitation that transformed a dilapidated property into a safe gathering place for teens.
Stainless steel, powdercoated aluminum and galvanized steel, lighting and plants. West Hill Community Center in Skyway, WA. Illuminated archway, mosaic inserts (Benson Shaw), glasswork (Mauricio Robalino) and grating frame the plaza entry and reinforce the concept of our arrival from ‘different worlds’ for a diverse neighborhood population. Project was part of a neighborhood rehabilitation that transformed a dilapidated property into a safe gathering place for teens.
RAINFOREST
Colored concrete, painted steel, vining plants, chromed bus parts, stained glass, acrylic. Intercity Transit Center in Olympia WA with Benson Shaw and Parsons Brinckerhoff. Architecturally-integrated environmental artwork includes bromeliad paver plan, vortex arbors with vining plants and windchimes, city river glass mural and braid sconces. These elements outline aspects of carbon exchanges represented by rainforests, both tropical and temperate, such as the nearby Olympic National Forest.
Colored concrete, painted steel, vining plants, chromed bus parts, stained glass, acrylic. Intercity Transit Center in Olympia WA with Benson Shaw and Parsons Brinckerhoff. Architecturally-integrated environmental artwork includes bromeliad paver plan, vortex arbors with vining plants and windchimes, city river glass mural and braid sconces. These elements outline aspects of carbon exchanges represented by rainforests, both tropical and temperate, such as the nearby Olympic National Forest.
HYDRAULIS
Stainless steel, aluminum, copper, bronze, electronics, water and light systems, Key Arena in Seattle WA. Trimpin and NBBJ. Interactive water, light and sound installation for east entryway. Patterns of water and light respond to viewers' movements via motion sensors and computer programming. Title refers to ancient water organ (the world’s first ‘computer’) that functions as a lighthouse framed by a winged illuminated soundscape. See HD video here: https://vimeo.com/345800401
Stainless steel, aluminum, copper, bronze, electronics, water and light systems, Key Arena in Seattle WA. Trimpin and NBBJ. Interactive water, light and sound installation for east entryway. Patterns of water and light respond to viewers' movements via motion sensors and computer programming. Title refers to ancient water organ (the world’s first ‘computer’) that functions as a lighthouse framed by a winged illuminated soundscape. See HD video here: https://vimeo.com/345800401
OLE’
Powdercoated aluminum, blown glass, cable. City of San Jose, CA for Rose Garden Library. Suspension and low relief chimney adornments appear to blast out of hearth, through building into lobby as a rocketing bouquet that celebrates a multicultural efflorescence of literature, nearby Rosicrucian Museum & Municipal Rose Garden.
Powdercoated aluminum, blown glass, cable. City of San Jose, CA for Rose Garden Library. Suspension and low relief chimney adornments appear to blast out of hearth, through building into lobby as a rocketing bouquet that celebrates a multicultural efflorescence of literature, nearby Rosicrucian Museum & Municipal Rose Garden.
DEPARTURE
Powdercoated aluminum, polyester resin, cabling. 2800 sf. Suspension for Branch Avenue Station artwork (Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority). Incised script taken from escaped slave’s letter to his wife circa 1862 in county where artwork is located. Plow, wings, leaves & droplets signify a transformative journey to freedom.
Powdercoated aluminum, polyester resin, cabling. 2800 sf. Suspension for Branch Avenue Station artwork (Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority). Incised script taken from escaped slave’s letter to his wife circa 1862 in county where artwork is located. Plow, wings, leaves & droplets signify a transformative journey to freedom.
CORNUCOPIA
Suspension: brass mesh, blown glass, forged copper, stainless cable & hardware. Medallion: copper, stained glass, epoxy. Oregon Arts Commission for Agriculture Building in Salem, OR. Suspension rains over ‘garden of earthly delights’ floor medallion depicting Oregon-grown organic produce in entry atrium.
Suspension: brass mesh, blown glass, forged copper, stainless cable & hardware. Medallion: copper, stained glass, epoxy. Oregon Arts Commission for Agriculture Building in Salem, OR. Suspension rains over ‘garden of earthly delights’ floor medallion depicting Oregon-grown organic produce in entry atrium.
ILLUMINATA
Spun patinated steel, powdercoated waterjet cut aluminum, stainless steel suspension wire & cable, lighting. Commissioned by Connecticut Commission on the Arts for Ruth A. Haas Library, Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, CT. Nearly 1000 sheets of global historic and scientific manuscripts spin off illuminated ‘Rosetta Bowl’ suspension in entry pavilion through circulation corridor as a ‘reference stream’ (paying homage to the rehabilitated Still River) culminating in a ‘knowledge storm’ in 60 foot high, 5 story atrium.
Spun patinated steel, powdercoated waterjet cut aluminum, stainless steel suspension wire & cable, lighting. Commissioned by Connecticut Commission on the Arts for Ruth A. Haas Library, Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, CT. Nearly 1000 sheets of global historic and scientific manuscripts spin off illuminated ‘Rosetta Bowl’ suspension in entry pavilion through circulation corridor as a ‘reference stream’ (paying homage to the rehabilitated Still River) culminating in a ‘knowledge storm’ in 60 foot high, 5 story atrium.
RIGS
Left: aluminum, sailcloth, rubber, acrylic. Right: cedar, sailcloth, brass, acrylic. Computer kiosks for the Seattle Arts Commission. Collaboration with Chris Krumm. Computers operate Public Art Seattle, an interactive program documenting Seattle's extensive public artwork collection. Design and fabrication take cues from regional nautical and aerospace imprints.
Left: aluminum, sailcloth, rubber, acrylic. Right: cedar, sailcloth, brass, acrylic. Computer kiosks for the Seattle Arts Commission. Collaboration with Chris Krumm. Computers operate Public Art Seattle, an interactive program documenting Seattle's extensive public artwork collection. Design and fabrication take cues from regional nautical and aerospace imprints.
KEY GROVE
Galvanized steel, paint, concrete, tiles, plantings, trees. A group of oversize skeleton keys greet visitors at the entry plaza at Franklin High School, providing informal seating and gathering area. Corresponding tree grove comprised of native specimens mirrors artwork on other side of plaza. Tie-in with aerosol art program provides ongoing stewardship. Concept refers to the linkage of education, scientific inquiry and environmental stewardship.
Galvanized steel, paint, concrete, tiles, plantings, trees. A group of oversize skeleton keys greet visitors at the entry plaza at Franklin High School, providing informal seating and gathering area. Corresponding tree grove comprised of native specimens mirrors artwork on other side of plaza. Tie-in with aerosol art program provides ongoing stewardship. Concept refers to the linkage of education, scientific inquiry and environmental stewardship.