Unbloom
is a maquette for a monumental public sculpture to be exhibited outdoors. She
is a kinetic sculpture that enacts the blooming of flowers. The sculpture is
personified as a female due to its resemblance to twirling leaves of a plant
. She appears to emerge out of its folds trying to elevate above the ground
into the sky above her. Large enough that people can walk into her through
its passage on the twirled end where they feel embraced surrounded by the
hollowness just like in a womb of a mother . From a bird's eye view her
spiral wave form moves the eye along the curves to a focal point elevated
into the sky. She is perceived
differently at various viewing angles .
A resulting shadow play engages with the audience creating a dynamic
environment to engage.
