Interdependence+Purity & Stealth
Site-specific environmental sculpture design proposal – Elmwood Park, Roanoke, VA
- Design Completion Date: February 2015
- Structural Form Media: painted steel sheet, tube, and rod, plus bamboo culms, s/s cable and misc. hardware
- Internal Figure Media: Mesh and stretch knit polyester fabric, PVC pipe, foam and hardware
- Proposed Location: Elmwood Park, Roanoke, VA
- Client: City of Roanoke. VA
- Overall Dimensions: 15’ (H) x 10’ (W) x 7 (D)
- Dimensions at Concrete Pad: 15’ (H) x 6’ (W) x 5.5’ (D)
- Sale Price: $7,500 plus installation costs
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Reflecting Roanoke as Nature + City, this site-specific sculpture continues Layne’s theme of creating sculptural environments that connect nature to culture and provide spaces for rejuvenation and inspiration. Understanding that water is becoming the new gold and that forest tree cover (Stealth) protects the watershed and supports clean water (Purity), this “aesthetically engineered” sculptural proposal depicts one type of water harvesting possibility. The two internally supported fabric figures (male forest tree spirit figure Stealth living within the tree form and female water spirit figure Purity living within the suspended sphere) collect condensation water from the ambient air which fills the ceramic vessels located at the base of the sculpture. The sculpture promotes water purity through the protection of forest areas and employs the concept of nature spirits as a way of suggesting water collection alternatives for human consumption or for garden/landscape watering.
Elevation views show sculpture resting on concrete pad (North view from Art Walk) and the tubular structure with supporting steel plate gussets and the two fabric water harvesting figures (female water figure Purity in sphere and male forest figure Stealth inside of arching tree form. The plan view shows a footprint of the ube and plate structure at base and the locations of 14 – ½” x 5 ½” wedge anchors.
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Large Scale Sketches
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"My sculptural environments are aesthetically pleasing site-specific artworks that connect nature and culture by employing the three legacies for regenerative and sustainable design of (1) environment: natural systems, (2) education: experiential systems, and (3) engagement: cultural systems. By using a variety of art media and fabrication methods to create sculptural open spaces that are intended to support personal rejuvenation and inspiration, my sculptures provide venues for environmental learning and community celebration.”
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Environment, Education, Engagement
Michael Roy Layne, Ph.D., RLA, ASLA
Environmental Sculptor • Landscape Architect • Community Artist
Studio/Workshop
135 South Main Street
Warrenton, North Carolina 27589
Office
442 S. Main Street
Warrenton, North Carolina 27589
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