JUNIPER
Commission by the Deschutes Public Library
Sculpture location: New Central Library Branch in Bend, OR.
The sculpture will be installed in December 2025 and open to the public in January 2026.
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The sculpture is inspired by the expansion of western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) trees and the contraction of glaciers within Deschutes County. The sculpture will take the form of the surface of an alpine valley conflated with concentric growth rings of the interior of a western juniper. At the top of this undulating form there will be an additional layer of forms inspired by a retreating glacier. The inspiration for these forms will be old-growth western junipers growing within Deschutes County and the alpine topography around the summit of South Sister Mountain where glaciers are currently retreating.
JUNIPER
Commission by the Deschutes Public Library
Sculpture location: New Central Library Branch in Bend, OR.
The sculpture will be installed in December 2025 and open to the public in January 2026.
The sculpture is inspired by the expansion of western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) trees and the contraction of glaciers within Deschutes County. The sculpture will take the form of the surface of an alpine valley conflated with concentric growth rings of the interior of a western juniper. At the top of this undulating form there will be an additional layer of forms inspired by a retreating glacier. The inspiration for these forms will be old-growth western junipers growing within Deschutes County and the alpine topography around the summit of South Sister Mountain where glaciers are currently retreating.