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Cherish is a mixed medium project of steel, mosaic, and visual art. This massive projects weighs in over15 tons and stretches 72’ in the air to depict a Japanese cherry blossom. The entire surface of the branches are covered with a mosaic of ¼” mirror and glass tile. There are 18 flower blossoms loaded with a high lumen projection system controllable from the ground. Each flower petal is made of a translucent polycarbonate glass and will act as a movie screen for the projectors– illustrating such images as the flowers opening and closing, lady-bugs, cartoon characters, and other visual effects. The entire project is attached to a single massive steel foundation that’s buried below grade, hidden from view, leaving the mind to wonder, “how’d they do that?”
The significance of the installation comes from ancient asian culture, more specifically the Japanese culture who believe this species directly relates to the course of the human life experience. From the point at which the flower bud opens its petals to the dislodging from the stalk and falling to the ground, the flower’s life is only hours long. This extreme beauty and dramatic death represents human life, mortality, and how quick and precious life is…