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Lawrenceville Streetscape Planters

i was recently commissioned by the lawrenceville corporation here in pittsburgh to design and create streetscape planters for downtown lawrenceville. the brick planters will reference old smokestacks, commenting on the transformation of pittsburgh from an industrial mill city to a forward thinking green minded community. keep your eyes peeled for them in the spring of 2011!!

Completed Kites

Last month I went to Devon, PA to install my kite sculptures for the Wind Through the Trees exhibit at Jenkins Arboretum, which opens October 2. The photos below are of the piece, "Tethered Kites".

Tree Install

So the tree at Community Human Services is finally in...

I still have to create a few ceramic memorial pieces to finish off the project but the installation is complete.

The lobby will soon be repainted most likely with some greens and black trim to compliment the tree and just generally improve the space.

Project update: Kite Sculptures

Below are a couple simple sketches of some kite sculptures that I'm making for a year long outdoor sculpture exhibition at Jenkins Arboretum and Gardens this fall followed by a few pictures of the work in progress.

Steel armature:

Almost done:

Project update: CHS Tree

Below are a few sketches of the proposed tree that I am building for the lobby of Community Human Services in Oakland (Pittsburgh) to be completed in September followed by some pictures of the piece in progress.

Tree structure in progress:

Stain test:

Donor leaves:

chalktopus!

Julie and i have been eyeing this dried up fountain space in the Northside for some time and finally decided that it was time to get out the old sidewalk chalk and turn it into something special. in this case, a cardinal rose and an octopus, which we have so fittingly dubbed the chalktopus.