Gyre
Artist
John Grade
MediumWestern Red Cedar and stainless steel anchored to concrete headwall
Dimensions21 1/2 x 6 1/2 ft., 5 3/4 in. (655.3 x 198.1 x 14.6 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineSeattle Public Utilities 1% for Art funds
Description: A stainless steel and wood sculpture suspended over the mouth of Mapes Creek in Beer Shiva Park in the Rainier Beach neighborhood.
Grade meticulously crafted Gyre with tongue-and-groove slats surrounding a stainless steel frame. The artwork’s gently twisting form conjures a sail, rudder or elongated fin, and references the spiraling eddies of the water below and in adjacent Lake Washington. Sculpted with old-growth cedar salvaged from the Cedar River Watershed, the source of most of Seattle’s drinking water and vital to the area’s salmon habitat, Gyre reinforces the connection between the source of the region’s water and its destination.
Location: Beer Sheva Park, 8650 55th Avenue South, Seattle WA 98118
