De Young Museum, San Francisco, california
A spiral orbiting a radiant central form, Elemental alludes to the building blocks of nature: the earth orbiting the sun, the atom, DNA.
B Y T H E N U M B E R S
Copper cone and 100 feet of copper tubing
500 blossoming branches of Forsythia, 30 Manzanita trees, 200 trunks of Curly Willow, 500 stems of Anthuriums
Diameter of 20 feet
Weight of 800 pounds
Photography by Erin Beach