Client: Broomfield Community Center
Location: Broomfield, CO, United States
Completion date: 2020
Project Team
Artistic Director
Joseph O'Connell
Creative Machines
Design & Fabrication firm
Creative Machines
Creative Machines
Overview
Broomcorn is a site-specific suspended kinetic mobile named for the grass species that gives Broomfield, CO its name. The distinctive seeds of the broomcorn plant are evoked by handmade colored glass spheres held in lacy stainless steel settings. The stainless steel curls much like the fibers of the broomcorn plant. The colors of the glass were chosen from local wildflowers. The entire sculpture is meant to move in response to air currents. The stalks describe a graceful arc as the eye follows them from bottom to top.
Goals
Broomcorn is a site-specific suspended kinetic mobile named for the grass species that gives Broomfield, CO its name. The distinctive seeds of the broomcorn plant are evoked by handmade colored glass spheres held in lacy stainless steel settings. The stainless steel curls much like the fibers of the broomcorn plant. The colors of the glass were chosen from local wildflowers. The entire sculpture is meant to move in response to air currents. The stalks describe a graceful arc as the eye follows them from bottom to top.
Additional Information
15’5” x 84”