It was a summer
2016

Coldpress stuff
2015

The following three pieces are part of a public sculpture proposal. The sculptures were supposed to be located outside of the Weiss Center for the Arts in Carlisle, PA. 

This model is based on the shape of a liturgical pulpit. The viewers would enter from the bottom and spiral up to the upper level. When they reach the upper level, they are surrounded by vertical walls made up of dark-colored wood panels. The upper level can also function as a gallery space where paintings are displayed vertically.

This model takes the shape of a praxinoscope. Viewers are supposed to walk around the central column and see their own reflections. But what's different from a traditional praxinoscope is that the surrounding panorama does not have different images that forms an animation. Instead, the panorama is made of a mirror-like reflective material. So that the scenery surrounding the sculpture can be reflected onto the inside of the panorama. When the wheel moves, the scenery on the ground and the skyscape would be moving together.

This is a model for a human-sized outdoor telescope. Ideally, each time you rotate the telescope, you see a different "crop" image formed by the floral patterns. I used multiples of 1/5 of the diameter of a circle to draw arcs that form floral patterns of rotational symmetry, referring to the “pointed fifth” that determined the profile of the dome of the Florence Cathedral. The structure’s ability to rotate on a vertical axis invites people to explore the often neglected views in nature.