Dancers

50'X 25'X 9'
reinforced cement
3/05
$20,500 commission; Florida Art in Public Places Program

Florida State University, Student Services Building; Tallahassee, Florida

The forms of this sculpture began as purely abstract forms, but as I worked with clay models I began to see them as dancing figures.  I let that idea guide me to the final forms.  I thought about Native American line dances as I designed.  The patterns carved into the surfaces are derived from the textile patterns used by the Seminoles (FSU's mascot).