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<br /> problem by slowing down and dispersing single point and overland water flows during peak stormwater concentrations;
<br /> and(3)provide opportunities for community participation in creating public works of art and in educating the public to
<br /> the value of artwork in our lives.
<br /> One hundred feet in length and employing over 2,400 individual pieces of bamboo from 3" to 11 feet in length and
<br /> from 1 '/" to 3" in diameter,the main visual element is a wave of vertical to semi-vertical bamboo posts that flows
<br /> along and matches the contours of the two drainage watercourses and separating promontory embankment. Mirroring
<br /> and spotlighting the curvilinear flow within the landscape and the obvious verticality of the multiple tree trunks,the
<br /> undulating screen consists of bamboo poles harvested from the artist's Warrenton,NC property. Horticulture design
<br /> students from North Carolina State University assisted with installation while learning practical applications of grading,
<br /> drainage and stormwater management survey,analysis and construction techniques. Layne worked with the Chapel Hill
<br /> Town Storm Water Management,Landscape Design,Urban Forestry,and Sustainability staff to make sure the concept
<br /> was viable and to ensure the construction materials and methods met all Town regulations and standards.
<br /> 7&8.Stoneleaf+Fairycircle
<br /> Site-specific public art installation—Spring Daze Arts Festival
<br /> •Completion Date:April 2012
<br /> •Media:Bamboo culms,steel rod,galvanized wire,paint,urethane,stretch knit fabric,PVC pipe,river rock,sand,
<br /> mulch,and cultivar or rescued native plants
<br /> •Location:Fred G.Bond Metro Park,Cary,NC
<br /> •Dimensions: 11 ft(H)x 36 ft(W)x 94 ft(L)(Stone/bamboo form:4'x 36'x 94'—7 Fabric Mushroom forms:
<br /> between 11'and 5 1'diameter and height)
<br /> Installed between March 15 and April 28,this environmental sculpture was a collaborative effort between the Town of
<br /> Cary Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources staff, community volunteers, and Dr. Layne. Combining aesthetic
<br /> engineering and community icons,this sculptural installation spotlighted the important connection that exists between
<br /> natural and cultural systems by manipulating the river stones of an existing drainage area. By installing a curvilinear
<br /> bamboo form to create the central vein of this stone leaf pattern and incorporating stone veins and counter-clockwise
<br /> cosmic spirals, the sculptured landscape improved stormwater runoff surge conditions from the adjacent parking lots.
<br /> Conceptually,the stone leaf form with broken edges signifies the changing forces of nature as the leaf decomposes and
<br /> becomes part of the soil which nourishes the growth of new leaves,and the cycle continues. Over 140 volunteers from
<br /> local high schools,a veteran's organization,youth from the chamber of commerce and Spruce,and the public spent 328
<br /> man,woman and children hours working on the project,completing the installation of the final stone spirals during the
<br /> Spring Daze arts festival(see festival attendees finishing the creation of stone spirals during Spring Daze).
<br /> In addition, Layne created seven integrated large-scale (7 to 11 feet high) bright-colored fabric mushroom forms
<br /> arranged in the main spiral disc form to create a fairy circle. There are actually 60 different mushrooms that can grow
<br /> from the underground fungus or spores of a fairy ring or circle, the most common is the edible Scotch Bonnet
<br /> (Marasniius°rendes). Based upon European and especially Celtic folklore,a fairy ring of mushrooms was thought to
<br /> be a gateway into the elfin kingdom,a place where pixies and fairies gathered and danced,and thus the mushrooms
<br /> became a symbolic representation of the Spring Daze celebration.The image depicts the seven fabric mushroom forms
<br /> located at both ends of the stone leaf and fairy circle forms.
<br /> 9.Chrysalis+Drago(n)Doctrine
<br /> Site-specific public art installation—Spring Daze Arts Festival
<br /> •Completion Date:March-May 2013
<br /> •Media:Bamboo culms,steel forms,galvanized wire,paint,stretch knit fabric,PVC pipe,internal illumination system
<br /> •Location:FRANK Gallery Facade,East Franklin Street,Chapel Hill,NC
<br /> •Dimensions:5 ft(H)x 3 ft(W)x 60 ft(L)
<br /> Created and installed on the full width of the second story facade above the Frank Gallery and the Clothing Warehouse
<br /> on East Franklin Street,Chrysalis+Drago(n)Doctrine enlivened the area from March 9,2012 to May 26,2012.
<br /> In keeping with my efforts to address ecological issues, the artwork consisted of ten ring forms made of bamboo
<br /> harvested from the artist's grove in Warrenton,NC that were attached to the existing metal grates located at the base of
<br /> each upper floor window. Each ring is created using 19 pieces of 1 inch diameter bamboo culms held together with
<br /> hardware aesthetically masked using fabric ties reminiscent of Japanese art packaging. Mounted perpendicular to the
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