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BookBird sculpture #1: Navigation then and now
BookBird sculpture #1: Navigation then and now

I made 24 BookBird sculptures for St. Louis Central Library's Children's Room, and for the corridor leading into it. Flocks of sculptures are hung overhead, above the lighting fixtures.

BookBirds at St. Louis Central Library
BookBirds at St. Louis Central Library
BookBird Sculptures in the corridor
BookBird Sculptures in the corridor

I made 24 BookBird sculptures for St. Louis Central Library's Children's Room, and for the corridor leading into it. Flocks of sculptures are hung overhead, above the lighting fixtures.

BookBird sculptures in the the Children's Library
BookBird sculptures in the the Children's Library
BookBird sculptures in the Children's Library
BookBird sculptures in the Children's Library

I chose pairs of images for their colors, textures and visual puns. The bottom one shown above pairs an aerial view of rice paddies (blue and green on the left side) with an extreme close up of a Monarch butterfly wing.

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