​​​​​​​​Burton Barr Library

Wonder of Discovery​​

 

 

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​ARTIST:   Virginia Senior, Jeff Oesterle and Rose Johnson ​
DATE:   1997

LOCATION:  ​(Please note, this project no longer exists. This record exists as an archive of the project.) Bu​​rton Barr Library, 1221 N. Central Avenue, First Floor, Children and Young Adult  Section​

TYPE:   Seating
MATERIALS:   Mixed Media
BUDGET:   $35,000
DISTRICT:   7
ZIP CODE:  ​85004


 

The artist team was inspired by the harmony and balance of natural forms and processes  to create tables, chairs, sofas and lighting. The artists filled the transparent legs of tables with seashells and applied the shapes and patterns of snail shells, pea pods, dinosaur bones and other natural forms to surfaces of the brightly colored furnishings.​