Woven Light
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Title
Woven Light
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Artist
Catherine Widgery
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Location
Uplands Park
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Neighborhood
Central Park
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Year
2018
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Artwork Type
Public Sculpture
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Material
wood (plant material), dichroic glass
What People Are Saying
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8 people say Photogenic
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6 people say Hidden Gem
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6 people say Love it
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6 people say Thought Provoking
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5 people say Family Friendly
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1 people say Interactive
About This Piece
Comprised of accoya wood and dichroic glass, Woven Light acts as an outdoor room which constantly changes throughout the day depending on light and shadow. It is an artwork in which people of all ages and abilities may quietly experience the beauty of Colorado’s natural light and surroundings.
Located in Northfield’s Uplands Park in Stapleton, CO, Catherine Widgery’s Woven Light was welcomed into the Denver Public Art Collection in 2018. Woven Light is an outdoor room; you are inside and outside at the same time and the shadows, light and projected color make you more conscious of the sun and the breeze than if you were standing in the open. When seen from the outside, the dichroic glass between the slats reflects the sky and surrounding trees. Inside is like being in a kaleidoscope of moving colored lights on the darkened interior as the sun shifts angle. We can look through the openings or through the glass that changes the color of the landscape like a lens.
Endlessly changing patterns of crisscrossing shadows and reflected light within and on the ground dematerialize the structure and make a rich shadow on the ground extending the impact of the art beyond its physical boundaries. Woven Light is a shady refuge from the intensity of the prairie light. The angle of the slats will always cast shadow somewhere in the structure no matter where the sun. Seating along the curved walls inside encourages people to stay and ponder the light and space. Woven Light is a structure through which we discover the beauty that surrounds us: the sky, mountains in the distance, sunlight and leaves on the nearby trees moving in the wind.
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