Anchored to a large, rugged block of weathered timber reclaimed from the salt-heavy air near the Clinton ferry terminal on Whidbey Island, this sculpture is a physical memory of the deep water migration funneling past Admiralty Inlet. Unlike the river stone foundations that speak to freshwater destinations, this rustic wood base embodies the immense, powerful forces of the Sound itself, carrying decades of memory from deep, cold currents.
Rising from this foundation is a dense, vertical column of hand-carved wooden salmon. In the waters off Clinton, returning salmon gather in unprecedented swarms, schooling together in massive, unified columns before they make their definitive run. This column represents that primal force. Stacked tightly and angled together, the fish are bound not only to their tethers but to a single, ancient purpose.
Crucially, the entire structure is kinetic. When ferry wakes or strong coastal drafts disorient the waters, the sculpture comes alive. In moments of vibration (as captured by the kinetic blur images), the carved wooden salmon and the osprey blur into a single, synchronized dance. They tremble on their springs, locked together in the powerful rhythm of life and danger that defines the Clinton staging ground.
granite, fir & brass
6 × 6 × 18h
Anchored to a large, rugged block of weathered timber reclaimed from the salt-heavy air near the Clinton ferry terminal on Whidbey Island, this sculpture is a physical memory of the deep water migration funneling past Admiralty Inlet. Unlike the river stone foundations that speak to freshwater destinations, this rustic wood base embodies the immense, powerful forces of the Sound itself, carrying decades of memory from deep, cold currents.
Rising from this foundation is a dense, vertical column of hand-carved wooden salmon. In the waters off Clinton, returning salmon gather in unprecedented swarms, schooling together in massive, unified columns before they make their definitive run. This column represents that primal force. Stacked tightly and angled together, the fish are bound not only to their tethers but to a single, ancient purpose.
Crucially, the entire structure is kinetic. When ferry wakes or strong coastal drafts disorient the waters, the sculpture comes alive. In moments of vibration (as captured by the kinetic blur images), the carved wooden salmon and the osprey blur into a single, synchronized dance. They tremble on their springs, locked together in the powerful rhythm of life and danger that defines the Clinton staging ground.
granite, fir & brass
6 × 6 × 18h
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