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​ARTIST:  Hirotsune Tashima
DATE:   2008
LOCATION:  Phoenix Convention Center North Building
TYPE:   Sculpture
MATERIALS:   Ceramic
DISTRICT:   8
ZIP CODE:  ​85004​

Tashima's whimsical sculptural installation includes three saguaro cacti with embedded reliefs celebrating the themes of fish, food and fashion. Life-size figures are swimming, jumping and diving into the surrounding sand. Tashima surrounded the large sculptures with smaller ones of native animals, such as javelina, birds and a desert tortoise. Each piece was created in ceramic stoneware using traditional slab-building techniques. ​