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Sky Garden (A Zen Garden in the Sky)
Zen Garden Zen Garden
Zen Garden Zen Garden
Artist: Ray King, Philadelphia, PA
This is a commissioned piece purchased in 1997 to provide the finishing touch for the newly remodeled Chalmer Davee Library.

A series of three interlocking ellipsoid shapes created with a suspended stainless steel cable network and embellished with small dichroic glass components with an "ocular" in the center. The dichroic glass elements reflect color patterns from the metal halide downlights located in the ceiling, above the ocular. Sizes range from L625cm x W183cm x D335cm /20'L x 6'W x 11'D, to L152cm x W357cm x D213cm / 5'L x 12'W x 7'D, to L304cm x W152cm x D152cm / 10'L x 5'W x 5'D.

Each ellipsoid wire frame is made of 3mm / 1/8" stainless steel cable draped in the form of a cantenary arch, looped at each end and suspended from anchors in the drywall ceiling. Small dichroic glass elements are attached to this cable lattice at intersecting joints with cable gripping bolts.

Text and Pictures from Ray King Studio

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