Le Temps Passe, 1995
Copper dome, concrete casts of a tree trunk, mosaic tile, concrete
18 x 50 x 50 ft.; 5.5 x 15 x 15 m.
This work was created for a long-term care facility as a place where the residents could sit outside under a shelter that recalls the trees once along this river. The dome is cut into a repeating leaf pattern to provide the dappled light of trees and the tree trunk columns and yellow ceramic leaves add to this sense of nature translated into industrial materials. The curves of the mosaic walkway recall the adjacent river
