We’ve given you a few glimpses of the sculpture that is slated for the new Maple Leaf Reservoir Park. But attendees at the most recent meeting about the park saw more than just the design.
Since artist Patrick Marold explained a year ago that his sculture would use a stone from each of the reservoir’s water sources, the Tolt River and Cedar River watersheds, he since has found the boulders he’s turning into art.
Both will be thoroughly cleaned before they’re brought to the park, and the sculpture will on the east side of the park near where some neighbors often watch fireworks at Lake Union.
Want more news on the changes coming our way when the new park opens in 2013? Then be sure to come to the Maple Leaf Summer Social from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Maple Leaf Reservoir Park, where the Friends for a Greater Maple Leaf Park will have a table. The volunteers will be available to answer your questions, and help you make your voice heard on the new Maple Leaf Play Area, which is in its last week of taking comments from the public before moving forward with a final design concept.
“Maple Leaf has balls”… ha, that should be our new logo. It’s ballsy!
I thought they looked like pinecones but now that you mention it. Fremont has a troll, and Maple Leaf has balls.
Surely I’m not the only one that finds them vaguely testicular?
Great comment, Sean, but I still love the plan/idea for the sculpture… Will be an impressive reminder of where our water comes from… Kudos to the artist and selection committee…
Great art elicits emotion and inspires conversation – it’s working!
Those boulders will never be as beautiful or striking as they are in their natural setting. There is nothing that the “artist” is going to be able to do to improve on how the moss covers them.
I really like the idea for the sculptures, and I say hallelujah that they’re abstract and more timeless than something too representational.
The kissing boulders are quite large, which will be impressive in their park location. That alone will be eye-catching. But the displaced sectional cuts, almost as though they are eggs that have just been sliced but not yet pulled apart, might also make them somewhat climbable. Very kid-friendly sculptures. The stones will almost look like spinning tops or clouds, really, too, depending on how they turn out.
I can also imagine in the rain how the water trickling down the sides might have a Zen-fountain-like effect, and over time as the inevitable moss and lichen settle in, the sculptures will have not just the white and black of the kissing stones per se but also greens and yellows. It’s a subtle sculpture that will I think be quite fun. They will undoubtedly become the victims of graffiti, but a bit of routine care will hopefully minimize that.
I’m sure people who don’t like the idea of public (spending on) art also balked at the money spent on Fremont’s “Waiting for the Bus” or Ballard’s “Troll” etc. But I think *most* non-curmugeonly people can see that an appropriate amount of public art is not that expensive in the context of a huge project like this and that over time art really grows on people and is worth it in the long run.
I like it…….and think it’s great the boulders are coming from the two watersheds…..it IS money well spent…beauty is in the eye of the beholder….
As a life long resident of Maple Leaf , I would hope we will put our tax dollars into something that we all will appreciate.
Looks awesome. To lk, how do you put a price on things like art and music and the happiness it can bring to our lives and the lives of generations of Maple Leaf residents that will enjoy this sculpture?
WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY !!!