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| | Over 200 Overhead Contact System poles with specialty paint and spire-shaped finials. The poles within Sound Transit Maintenance Facility are striped with black and “safety green” paint. The artwork is inspired by a prehistoric plant indigenous to this region – commonly known as the horsetail or Scouring Rush. The patterning on the horsetail, along with allusions to bamboo and spring growth seemed evocative of the renewal, maintenance and caring for the system taking place at the facility. This project done in collaboration with Norie Sato |
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| | Reed and Spire Finials fabricated by Fabriform Plastics, Seattle WA. This beautiful photo © Jennifer Babuca. |
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| | Safety Spires in front of the Maintanance Bays at the Sound Transit O&M Facility in Seattle WA |
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| | The only Sound Transit crossing over water is celebrated by these blue LED lights turning on as the trains are crossing the Duwamish bridge |
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| | The curving light supports complement the curved safety railing, making reference to wave patterns and salmon ribs |
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| | The gracefull REEDS tips are part of system-wide art projects developed in collaboration with Norie Sato
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| | The REEDS are distinctive pole tips that identify the MLK Valley as a special linked community. The tips gracefully curve and blend the dark poles into a metalic sky blue and then to a silver tip. All the tips point West- to the Puget Sound- and to the sunset. |
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| | The BANGLES are being applied to aprox 15 special poles adjacent to the stations in the MLK Valley. Each station has its own signature color. This project was done in collaboration with Norie Sato |
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| | The BANGLES are composed of painted perforated metal, Stainless Steel Banding, vinyl and a variety of dimensional decorations. |
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| | SHIMMERING SHADOWLINES
9 massively tall support columns are articulated with shimmering mylar dots that not only conjure images of water flowing down a trough, but also refer to the “Sparklett’s bottled water trucks” signs from the 1950’s. The kinetic and reflective mylar dots enhance the feeling of motion and anticipation as travelers in vehicles on the adjacent highway move past the dramatic Guideway columns that carry passengers to the airport. This project was also done in collaboration with Norie Sato. |
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| | Golden Striped Finials cap the OCS poles at the Tukwilla Station |
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