Dancers

50’x 25’x 9′
Reinforced cement
2005
$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).