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In 2001, Walter De
Maria asked American Burnish to create a gilded surface for a site specific
art installation at The Nelson-Akins Museum of Art.
Located in a reflecting pool, a bronze "sun" rises from the water to reflect
the natural sunlight in its east-to-west movement directly overhead. |
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Throughout the night,
thirty-four "moons" glow through the pool from skylight lenses ringed with
fluorescent light. |
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Our mission to create
an exterior gilded bronze surface which would maintain its golden color
when viewed in any kind of light or shadow, from any direction, led to the
use of a textured gilded surface. |
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Thus, each day One Sun
presents a golden surface unmarred by passing clouds or building cranes. |
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The serenity of
a smooth surface required a perfectly even application of the chosen texture,
a feat made possible only with the aid of a machine designed and built for
this purpose by Michael Kellough.
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Gilding
for SITE SPECIFIC ART is not
for the faint of heart! Translating huge works of art from small-scale models
poses significant technical and aesthetic challenges. With the added demands
of a tight schedule, site specific projects require quick, imaginitive thinking,
experience, and good teamwork. |
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