Her Secret Is Patience (Phoenix, AZ) : Detail of top concentric rings
- Creator:
- Echelman, Janet, 1966-
- Published/Created:
- Civic Space Park, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
2009 - Physical Description:
- 145 ft (height) x 353 ft (width) x 289 ft (length)
- Date Depicted:
- 3/12/2013
- Materials:
- painted galvanized steel; polyester twine; electric lighting; steel
- Notes:
- The title comes from a quote penned by Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Adopt the pace of nature; her secret is patience." It is constructed of painted galvanized steel, changing sets of high-tenacity polyester braided twine netting, and color lighting. The sculpture is intended to make visible to the human eye the patterns of desert winds. During the day, sunlight projects patterned shadow drawings onto the ground and pedestrians on their daily paths. At night, the colored illumination gradually changes color through the seasons. The large three-dimensional multi-layered form is created by a combination of hand and machine knotting of high-tenacity polyester with a UV protective coating. The design was computer modeled (CAD) and tested for wind strength.
- Topics:
- Sculpture -- United States -- 21st century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Twenty-first century
- Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 6A1-EJAN-FS-A05
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
installations (visual works) (AAT)
sculpture (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- visual works; installations (visual works); visual works; sculpture (visual work)
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Eight
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
3/12/2013 12:00:00 AM - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2013; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4654
- OID:
- 10903270
- PID:
- digcoll:1810523