Upper Blush

Photos: Dave Chance

2018
Pained & stainless steel, wood, Lexan
8.5’ x 16’ x 18’
Elizabeth River Trail, Norfolk, VA
Commissioned by: City of Norfolk & Norfolk Arts with an Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts

The canopy teeters like a seesaw as people sway on the benches. Water is funneled from the roof through drainpipes when it rains, creating a passive water feature. The muse for Upper Blush is an issue critical to Norfolk’s future: rising tides. The circles of light on the ground created by the skylights reference the moon, and the teetering and swaying mimic the ebb and flow of the water.

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