Tumbleweed
08.03.07
kinetic happening

Gallery Homeland presents

"Scratching the Surface, 2007"
Eastbank Esplanade, PDX

This large inflated sculpture simulates the motion of a tumbleweed traveling across a barren plane. Physically, surface tension keeps the sculpture attached to the water; however, the buoyant nature of the material keeps it from sinking. Consequently, the surface of the water acts as a solid plane. The form tumbles against current, up river, motivated by the breeze.

Special thanks to

Gallery Homeland, Grace Leubke, James Allen, Eric Vecchi, Karl Lind, Gordon Wilson, and Jon Springer, Steve Stagl, Stan Stagl, and to all the volunteers who helped in the build!