Thornton Creek Water Quality Channel

Northgate Neighborhood        Seattle  WA

© Benson Shaw 2005

A project of the Seattle Public Utility

and the Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs

SURGE  Public Art for the Thornton Creek Water Quality Channel

WIGGLE POSTS vignette  NE end of site

Page updated:

26 November, 2009

Each WIGGLE POST sculpture has 3 sparkly resin shrouds.  Each shroud is a two piece “clamshell” which surrounds and conceals the central pipe structure.

Several coats of drywall hot mud are built up to fill in the bulb shape

12 patterns are required, each with a unique shape.

Patterns for Resin Shrouds of

WIGGLE POSTS vignette  NE end of site

The patterns are shaped, sealed and ready for mold making

Resin Shrouds fit in the areas.

My patterns are sort of like boat hulls - a series of ribs with a skin.  A  pair fiberboard baseboards was placed in the sculpture and registered with marks for future alignment.  End lines and a line for the bulb shape were drawn on each baseboard.  The ribs are cut and glued to the baseboard.  Strips of glass mesh cover the ribs.  A paint coat of White Hydrocal stiffens the structure for future buildup.

Applying the glass and sparkles to inner mold surface

Glass complete.  Inner & outer mold sections assembled & ready for pouring.

Pattern on a pattern board and first outer mold with plaster backer shell.