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Our Sun's Family

Creator
Date
  • 1975/2012
Description
  • The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Linn-Benton Arts. http://www.artcentric.org/
  • This piece consists of painted ceramic tile that has been laid into the concrete of the courtyard in a wide spiral pattern.
  • Betsy Wolfston
  • Orchard Ct. 2002
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Biographical Information
  • The principal theme of the proposed artwork is "Our Sun's Family." The central design element is an inner and outer spiral of recessed brick and tile, representing the inner and outer solar system. I created custom tiles that include various images, from our world to Pluto. There is something of delight to explore, for people of all ages. I hope this overall design is one of timelessness, which combines images of the past, the present and the future, together in a spiral of cyclical renewal. The center ring is set with yellow rays of custom tile to represent the sun, stamped upon these tiles is a quote from Black Elk, Native North American- "Any where can be the center of the universe". From A-Z, a little bit of everything is found from each letter of the alphabet in the spirals. Here is what I have found so far, see if you can find them and then add more to the list! A-ant, acorn, adrinkra symbols (from ghana-west africa), arabic b-birds, butterfly, blocks, bamboo, baby c-cat, catipillar, chinese, centiped d-dragon, deer, diamond, dog e-earth, eggs, elephant, eight-the number f-flowers, family, ferns, four, five-the numbers g-ginio leaf, globe h-hands, house i-iris, island j-japaneese, jacket, jupiter k-kangaroo, kingfisher l-leaves, liner-boat m-mercury, mars, mushrooms, mayan symbols, maple leaf, millipete, moon n-nest, neptune, nine-the number 0-orange, oriole, one-the number p-pear, peach with pit, paw prints, petyroglyph-northwest q-queen, quail, quote r-rope, rain, rat s-seed, snail, stripe, seasons, sun, saturn, star, spiral, seven-the number t-tree, tiger, tulip, two, three, ten-the numbers u-uranus, umbrella v-vase, venus w-wheelchair, world, writing x-xlaphone y-yacht, yew tree z-zig zag, zebra -- look closer at each of the plantes they have their astological symbol carved in the tile too. (excerpt from artist's 2002 statement)
MODS Note
  • circular gathering area of Orchard Court Housing
Subject
Location
Street Address
  • 3401 N. W. Orchard Ave., Corvallis Oregon
Material
  • concrete 4 inches thick with fiber mesh
  • white hardener applied to concrete surface
  • 12 hand made tiles 1 inch thick
  • paver bricks commercial grade
  • Ceramic art
  • Mixed media
Measurements
  • handmade spiral block out 180 linear feet
Rights Holder
  • Wolfston, Betsy
Identifier
  • 2002_osu_orchard-ct_01_a02
Accession Number
  • 2002_osu_orchard-ct_01_a02
Relations
  • 2002_osu_orchard-ct
  • 2002 Oregon State University Orchard Court Student Family Housing
Version
  • slide
  • color
Institution
Conversion
  • Nikon SuperCoolScan 5000 ED
Submission Date
  • 06/10/2015
Modified
  • 04/11/2024
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APA

Oregon Percent for Art, University of Oregon. (19 May 2024). Our Sun's Family Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67z099c

MLA

Oregon Percent for Art, University of Oregon. "Our Sun's Family" Oregon Digital. 19 May 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67z099c

Chicago

Oregon Percent for Art, University of Oregon. "Our Sun's Family" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-05-19. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67z099c

Wiki

{{cite web | url= https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67z099c | title= Our Sun's Family |author= |accessdate= 2024-05-19 |publisher= }}

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