Cabell Library recently installed “Fall Line,” a wooden sculpture and functional bench that was created by Heath Matysek-Snyder, an assistant professor in the Department of Craft/Material Studies.
“My hope is that when people walk into Cabell Library, they’ll recognize it as the James River, which I find to be an amazing element of Richmond, a really amazing feature of the city,” Matysek-Snyder said. “This will be an object that greets you. It will be a place to meet. And it will be a feature that says goodbye as you walk back out.”
The 27-foot-long white oak bench mimics the contours of the James River from Pony Pasture to the 14th Street Bridge, with aluminum on top of the bench representing the outline of the river, including Belle Isle. The bench is broken into four sections, with each of the three negative spaces representing a different iconic Richmond bridge, also rendered in aluminum, and allowing pedestrians to walk through.
Jeremy Zietz, a graduate assistant, helped with brainstorming the original design and drew all the three-dimensional renderings. Graduate students Steve Nunes, Hollis McCracken, Will Lenard and Dylan Loftis assisted with the construction of the piece. Equally as instrumental in the construction process were Craft/Material Studies undergraduate majors Taylor Moore, Brittany Marroquin, Reed Caputo, Alex Bannon, Esther Cho, Robbie Maclay and Jason Pascoe.
Read the full article in VCU News.
Image: Heath Matysek-Snyder, an assistant professor in the Department of Craft/Material Studies, worked on “Fall Line” for more than two years. It was installed in Cabell Library over spring break. Photo by Jay Paul for VCU News.
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