Tree of Life

Aluminum. 2021. Client: Publix Greenwise Market, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

One of the largest sculptures I've undertaken to date, it’s 36 ft tall by 16 ft wide, done in quarter inch thick aluminum. The design process progressed from a rough sketch on paper, to a Photoshop illustration, to a CAD file. It was ultimately water jet cut from 9 sheets of aluminum,  each 4 feet wide by 12 ft long, weighing over 1500 lbs. in total.

The sculpture represents the connectedness of living things. The roots spread deep into the earth, thereby nourishing the branches reaching upward. It is suspended 5 inches from the wall to create interesting shadows throughout the day as the sun moves across the sky.