2013-031 EDC-Arts - Michael Roy Layne dba Legacyworks $1,000

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problem by slowing down and dispersing single point and overland water flows during peak stornwater concentrations; and (3) provide opportunities for community participation in creating public works of art and in educating the public to the value of artwork in our lives. One hundred feet in length and employing over 2,400 individual pieces of bamboo from 3"to I I feet in length and from 1 I/2"to 3"in diameter, the main visual element is a wave of vertical to semi-vertical bamboo posts that Mows along and matches the contours of the two drainage watercourses and separating promontory embankment. Mirroring and spotlighting the curvilinear flow within the landscape and the obvious verticality of Ule multiple tree trunks, the undulating screen consists of bamboo poles harvested from the artist's Warrenton, NC property. Horticulture design students from North Carolina State University assisted with installation while learning practical applications of gradin" drainage and stormwater management survey,analysis and construction techniques. Layne worked with the Chapel Hill Town Storm Water Management, Landscape Design, Urban Forestry,and Sustainability staff to make sure the concept was viable and to ensure the construction materials and methods met all Town regulations and standards. 7. Springleaf+Fairycircle Site-specific public art installation—Spring Daze Arts Festival • Completion Date: April 2012 • Media: Bamboo cuhns, steel rod,galvanized wire,paint, urethane, stretch knit fabric, PVC; pipe, river rock,sand, mulch,and cultivar or rescued native plants • Location: Fred G. Bond Metro Park, Cary,NC • Dimensions: 1 I ft(H) x 36 ft(W)x 94 ft(L)(Stone/bamboo form:4' x 36' x 94'—7 Fabric Mushroom forms: between I I' and 5 W diameter and height) Installed between March 15 and April 28, this environmental sculpture was a collaborative effort between the Town of Cary Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources staff, community volunteers, and Dr. Layne. Combining aesthetic engineering and community icons, this sculptural installation spotlighted the important connection that exists between natural and cultural systems by manipulating the river stones of an existing drainage area. By installing a curvilinear bamboo form to create the central vein of this stone leaf pattern and incorporating stone veins and counter-clockwise cosmic spirals, the sculptured landscape improved stormwater runoff surge conditions from the adjacent parking lots. Conceptually, the stone leaf form with broken edges signifies the changing forces of nature as the leaf decomposes and becomes part of the soil which nourishes the growth of new leaves, and the cycle continues. Over 140 volunteers from local high schools, a veteran's organization,youth from the chamber of commerce and Spruce, and the public spent 328 man, woman and children hours working on the project, completing the installation of the final stone spirals during the. Spring Daze arts festival In addition, Layne created seven integrated large-scale (7 to I I feet high) bright-colored fabric mushroom forms arranged in the main spiral disc form to create a fairy circle. There are actually 60 different mushrooms that can gro c from the underground fungus or spores of a fairy ring or circle, the most common is the edible Scotch n Bonet (Marasinius oreades). Based upon European and especially Celtic folklore, a fairy ring of mushrooms was thouoht to be a gateway into the elfin kingdom, a place where pixies and fairies gathered and danced, and thus the mushrooms became a symbolic representation of the Spring Daze celebration. The image depicts the seven fabric mushroom forms located at both ends of the stone leaf and fairy circle forms. MICHAEL ROY LAYNE• LEGACYWORKS•2012-13 Fall Artist Project Grant Application•Artwork Sample List •November 27,2012 Page 3