My artistic intention was to integrate a contemporary railing into an historic building. I paid homage to Seattle as a port city and as a glass-arts center; and acknowledged the railing in relationship to the embellished, arch-windowed architecture.

The purpose of the space, for deliberation by an important governmental body, also figured in my thinking. I made the railing dignified, finely detailed, and beautiful - all in service to the context, the intention, and the meaning of the space.

One can stand at the railing, looking out to the harbor, hands encircling a glass globe colored like the planet earth - standing at the helm of the ship of state.

This railing was commissioned through the King County Arts Commission’s ARTIST MADE BUILDING PARTS PROJECT.
Project architects, Maureen Thomas and Pat Zuberbuehler. Budget: $21,500
Certificate of Recognition awarded in 1996 for “a public artwork of function and beauty.”