Monthly Archives: September 2009

Hot Wheels: Tornado Alley, 2009

September 18, 2009 – 8:21 pm

My 3.5 year-old son has a Hot Wheels set entitled Tornado Alley, which features a toy tornado gyroscope. The goal is to launch Hot Wheels cars at the tornado and knock it off balance before it lays waste to a parking lot. I laid carbon paper over drawing paper and then released the tornado on…

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Stand, 2009

September 18, 2009 – 8:17 pm

A public art commission for the Shenkman Arts Centre, Orleans, Ontario The vividly coloured pattern of the glass façade compliments the naturalistic elements incorporated by the architects in the design of the building. Inspired by the stand of trees that once graced the site, the abstract design features the colours of leaves, blossoms, sky and…

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Safe As Houses, Nuit Blanche Toronto, 2009

September 18, 2009 – 4:23 pm

Scotia Bank Nuit Blanche Toronto 2009, October 3rd – 4th, 2009 Panorama Tower – Lakeshore Blvd and Dan Leckie Way The expression “safe as houses” refers to the permanence and protection of one’s home. As a way of playing with this notion, an entire residential tower was treated with light, making it appear impermanent by…

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The Region of Durham’s Motto, Graphed, 2009

September 18, 2009 – 4:22 pm

Durham Consolidated Courthouse, Oshawa, Ontario Steel and Paint, 2009 This low-relief sculpture was inspired by the Region of Durham’s motto: Peace and Prosperity. The words of the motto, plus the word Durham, were broken down into individual letters and assigned a numerical equivalent: A=1, B=2, C=3, etc. The numerical sequences were then plotted on a…

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