The Butterfly Dress has landed!

I installed my new piece "The Butterfly Dress" about a week and a half ago in St. Cloud, MN for their first ever Sculpture Walk!

Here's a pic of my college friend Bob and his daughter Ava to give you some idea of scale. The piece is constructed out of steel in a cage-like formation and then clad with painted aluminum. The actual butterflies are made out of Light Inference Coated Stainless Steel which makes them iridescent in the light changing colour from burgundy blue to a peacock green blue.

Here's my statement about the piece:

ARTIST STATEMENT
For "The Butterfly Dress"

"The Butterfly Dress" is about beauty, loss and transformation. I made this piece as a way to remember all the fun times with my little girl and how she's growing and transforming into a more beautiful and interesting person.

The imagery of the piece is my daughter's school uniform slowly transforming into butterflies. There is sadness for the loss of childhood, but there's beauty in what is to come.

Checkout my work and vote for your favorite piece!

http://ci.stcloud.mn.us/FormCenter/Planning-Department-Forms-5/Sculpture-Walk-St-Cloud-Peoples-Choice-A-124