The condominiums were built in and established as a private company in Iowa is the 38th state to create a monument to its workers. The bronze sculpture represents four interlocking arms and hands, dedicated to the energy and integrity of the Workers of Iowa.
It is constructed of welded bronze strips, supported by a stainless steel pipe interior armature. A reinforced concrete base for support was cast in place and covered with โฆ. The gift of Charles and James T. Ashworth to the people of Des Moines โ December 4, Overland from New Hampshire they came in Here on the neighboring prairies respected and loved they lived to witness the transformation of a primitive land into โฆ.
This public art project was inspired by participating young people, ages , of this alternative school, who had experienced problems with school or the law. The โฆ. Cairns are stone structures [or markers] that identify a place of great importance. Their dry-stone construction represents an engineering feat as well as artistic creativity.
The process of shaping and stacking the stones into a simple oval shape is challenging and intense. The form symbolizes โฆ. They are often described as being distant, reflective, inviting; mystical, spiritual, intangible; playful, peaceful, graceful. October Currently not on view. It is at once a large-scale light sculpture, which demands distance for proper appreciation, and a pavilion, which invites its audience to enter, explore, and engage with the work from within the structure.
The circular work โฆ. The installation is composed of repurposed glass domes from front-loading washing machines that are internally lit with colored programmable LED lights. These lights can be played in a computer sequence that produces an infinite patterns and rainbow-color combinations. Column of Change is a bronze bas-relief with numerous abstracted human figures moving across the piece.
