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"Community Is Nature's Architecture" |
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Sandstone, glass, pebbles. Two interior columns 10'8" x 2' x 2' and five exterior entry wall segments 4' x 1' x 4' plus stone frames for community art shows. Tucson Pima County Arts Council, 2005. |
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The project started with community involvement. The artist made a presentation on the art concept to children in the community center's after-school program. Kids gathered cobbles and pebbles to be used in the construction and posed for a relief to be carved. An entry sculpture to a community center complex was made of five wall segments that have traits of various types of communities. The organic shapes resemble nearby plant communities. The sandstone layers and inset cobbles are reminiscent of basket designs and wall construction from ancient Native American communities in Arizona. Finally, the flat tops allude to the architecture of the cluster of adjacent buildings. The art is a hybrid of community characteristics. Two interior columns are integrated into a glass wall. The columns have bowed sides like barrel cactus. Solid blocks of custom-cut art glass are cemented into the columns in basket-design patterns. Pebbles were encased behind some glass blocks like keepsakes. The artist also made stone frames for the interior hallway to announce art shows and biographies of community college students. Proceeds from any sales may benefit local community charities. |
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