"Dancing Trees and X's and O's Bike Racks" Commission Awarded!

Well, I got one of the two commissions that I was a finalist on and am so very pleased that it is the larger one and the one I wanted the most!
This is a graphic of what the two individual bike racks will be for the recently completed Timber and Tie Apartments. I designed the "X's and O's Bike Rack" for a narrow space at the front of the building. These will consist of 5 colored powder coated steel racks based on the the Timber and Tie logo.
The second set of racks are more ambitious. The "Dancing Trees Bike Rack" is more sculptural and is based on the many times I've locked my bicycle to a street sign pole when nothing else is available. In creating a small 'forest' of these poles I hope to give multiple users the ability to lock their bikes quickly and leave quickly. These 'trees' will consist of wider steel cylinders at the base and tapering to smaller cylinders going up towards the branches. The branches are a design feature that prevents someone from merely sliding the bike up the pole. The tips of the branches will feature 'leaves' made from iridescent color changing LIC stainless steel. The colors will vary from dark blue to teal and will waver in the wind and with full southern exposure change their reflection over the course of the day. It will add a very dynamic and natural element to an otherwise industrial area.