2011 in review.

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Lucas

I wanted to share with you some of the highlights of 2011 for Lucas Salton Design. This seemed like a fairly simple idea to begin with…. It wasn’t until reviewing images and projects that I realised just how busy the year has been! And fortunately it looks like it will continue well into 2012. Somewhere in amongst the below Projects, Lucas Salton Design also managed to create 84 glass sculptures for Furn-Niche Interiors, were selected for the Project Proposal Stage for Maroochydore Art Plan, were nominated as finalists in the ‘Greening the Arts’ category for the Sunshine Coast Glossie Awards, were selected to review the Sunshine Coast Draft Public Art Policy and Guidelines for Council and are still working on Bundaberg Public Art for Qld Rail…. We are looking forward to some downtime over Christmas / New Year and will be closing between December 22nd and January 3rd for a short break to recharge, find new inspiration and prepare for what looks to be a huge year for Lucas Salton Design in 2012.

1360 illuminated pavers, designed and fabricated by Lucas Salton, installed at Southbank Parklands, Brisbane.

Design Consultation in working conjunction with Conlon Birrell Landscape Architects for Sunshine Beach Streetscaping Project for Sunshine Coast Council.

Design Consultation, Maleny Public Art and Streetscaping. Preliminary Designs sought by Sunshine Coast Council.

Lead Designer, Qld Rail 20/20 Beautification Scheme: Wooloowin Station, Brisbane

And who could forget the ‘gold gun’?

Invited to present, Pecha Kucha.

Noosa Junction Public Art, Stage 2. Sunshine Coast Council.

Fitzgibbon Chase Public Art and Design Consultation: Harbinger Consultants and the Urban Land Development Authority.

Fitzgibbon Update

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Lucas

The display domes for Fitzgibbon Chase are coming together! They will house the lovely, fun and quirky artworks of Britta Gudd and Andrea Fisher:

And will be illuminated with solar lights for nite time wayfinding.

They need to be cast in concrete too. And have survived the ‘sweat’ test beautifully.

The Stainless rings have been laser cut for precision and to eliminate moisture entry.

Before installation, they’ll also receive bronze treatment to make them golden!

We can’t wait to see them in place filled with their colourful objects.

Darwin Public Art

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Lucas

Working in conjunction with John Armstrong, Harbinger Consultants, we have recently been selected to move through to the Project Proposal stage for a large Public Art project in Darwin’ located at the Intersection of Tiger Brennan Drive and McMinn Street.

The project is being funded through Northern Territory Government, and led by GHD and curated by Felicity Green. The Artists Brief offered key themes to consider when compiling our Expression of Interest -

Indigenous concepts of the six seasons which occur in the Top End, specifically ‘gurrulwa guligi’: the Larrakia word for ‘big wind time’.
Relevance of the artwork to the site and Darwin itself
The natural environment – land, sea, flora, fauna and extremes in climate.

The project has been delayed, but we expect to submit our final proposal toward the end of Janurary. Below is a montage of how the landscape direction is heading:

This is a very exciting project with massive opportunity for creative scope and we’re very excited to be a part of this stage. Watch this space for updates.

Noosa Public Art – Complete!

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Lucas

Noosa Junction Public Art (Stage 2) has been completed, the lighting components have been installed and all temporary fencing has been removed. Below are some images taken on a beautiful Noosa day. Enjoy.

Fitzgibbon Update

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Lucas

Here are some very recent images of the very new, and still being constructed, Fitzgibbon Community Centre – courtesy of John Armstrong, Harbinger Consultants.

Lucas’ sandblasting design will commence shortly (no date as yet) and below is the ‘Bee Flight Path’ pattern that will be blasted onto the concreted areas; the design drawn from the behaviour of one of the few native ‘social’ bees. Fitting for a community centre….

Progress is going well and with landscaping under way, the Community Centre is looking great.

The metallised display domes Lucas is fabricating will be ready to be installed toward the end of Janurary. For those who missed my last post about Fitzgibbon, these domes will house gorgeous artworks by Britta Gudd and Andrea Fisher and will be illuminated in the evenings.

Anticipated opening of the Centre is Feburary 2012.

Noosa Junction Public Art – Stage Three

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Lucas

Lucas Salton Design, along with three other brilliant Sunshine Coast Artists – Kirsten Cash, Phil Willy and Russell Anderson - were recently asked to participate in artwork proposals for the third stage of the Noosa Junction Public Art and Placemaking project. This involved site tours as a group with Council to identify areas where artwork would be not just appropriate, but also appreciated. The individual Artists then had 4 weeks to collate their ideas, dig to their creative depths and prepare their designs before presenting to Council and Stakeholders on Monday just passed. Below is Lucas’ presentation – we hope you like it.

More images and footage – Noosa Public Art Project

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Lucas

As promised, we have further images and some pretty cool footage of the bronzing process applied to the steel sculptures for Noosa Public Art Project. As mentioned in the last post, the lighting components were being installed. Prior to this, the lighting was tested indoors:

We’re very excited about seeing them at night!

Some images and footage of the process of treating the feathers:

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YouTube by LucasSaltonDesign

Have a great Weekend!

Noosa Heads Public Art Installation!

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Lucas

Installation of the lovely ‘Feathers’ has finally occurred in Noosa Junction this morning, starting at around 5.30am.

After one or two obstables and many a 17 hour day from Lucas over the last week, the sculptures were delivered to the site yesterday:

And after the last delivery nearing midnite, Lucas managed to get a bit of sleep ready to be back on site this morning. And installation began:

A lot of work still needs to be completed, the lighting components and landscaping etc which will only add to these very beautiful sculptures. We have some footage of the bronzing process the Feathers received prior to install which I will post tomorrow – it’s fascinating to watch. In the meantime, we hope you love Lucas’ latest work as much as we do.

Fitzgibbon Chase Public Art Project

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Lucas

This is a recent update submitted by John Armstrong – Harbinger Consultants - to art+place regarding the progress of the Artworks at Fitzgibbon Chase, Brisbane. It fills in some of the gaps from our last post on Fitzgibbon and also has some lovely images (all image credits to John Armstrong) of the Community workshops lead by Andrea Fisher and Britta Gudd.

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED ARTWORK AT FITZGIBBON COMMUNITY CENTRE

The Community Centre being constructed at Fitzgibbon is planned to be the focus of the community activities for the new residents of the development as well as the existing residents from the neighbouring area. The artwork has been designed to involve this community in an inclusive and creative way.

The artwork has two aspects:

Surface design on the central paved access to the Centre - that will be an applied design developed by artist Lucas Salton based on the flight patterns of native bees that will activate the paving and assist in wayfinding to the different facilities of the Centre. The design motifs will vary in intensity and contrast to create an undulating impression.

The concrete slab has been laid and will be honed within the next few weeks – this will reveal the substrate of coloured aggregate and the surface design will then be abrasive blasted onto this surface – the final layout:

The cells will have bronze metal applied to small sections to create a flow pattern across the entire area.

Sculpture modules in the gardens and softscape at the front of the Centre (street frontage across the road from the planned Commercial and Retail Centre) – a series of domes will be constructed and positioned in clusters of varying sizes and heights. The domes will have fibre optic lighting included in the top rim to cast a soft glow into the interior of the domes and illuminate the small sculptural installations each dome contains. At night the domes will emit a soft cone of light upwards and so function as safety and wayfinding aids. The contents of each dome module has been developed by artists Andrea Fisher and Britta Gudd in community workshops with existing and new community members and neighbours including school children. Each dome module will contain a different mini-installation and reflect the particular styles of the artists as facilitators in the workshops – Britta with a young, fun and funky approach using brightly coloured modelling media and Andrea with a cut out template based on natural features of the site and a respectful sense of tradition and history of this land.

The workshops have been completed – Andrea worked with the Koobara Kindergarten children as well as the general community members at Fitzgibbon:

…. and many small sculptural units were created for inclusion in the domes:

Britta worked with students from Taigum State School and general community members at Ftizgibbon:

…. with many small sculptural units being created for inclusion in the domes:

The domes are being fabricated now by Lucas Salton – there are 27 in total ranging in height above the softscape from 50cm to 75cm. Each cast concrete module will have a bronze metal exterior surface which links to the bronze elements in the paving design.

The timeline has been revised because of delays in construction. Estimated completion of the project is end of the year with anticipated launch early February, 2012

Gold, Silver and Bronze Art……

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Lucas

In keeping with Lucas’ love of all things shiny, we now offer specialist metalised coatings (steel, bronze, copper etc) that can be applied to any surface…. On any ‘thing’….. Turning ordinary objects and surfaces into dazzling works of art.