SIGNIFIRE
Fire Station #11
25th and Broadway
San Diego
Commissioned through the San Diego Commission for Public Art San Diego
Robbins Jorgensen and Christopher Architects
UCTV (University of California Television) Signifire: Art in the Public Realm 24 Minute Interview #3486
Firefighters love their equipment. I wanted this piece to both appeal to them as well as represent them.
This neighborhood has many Victorian homes. In those days, there was a parlor game that one could see an image only when they put a silvered cylinder on a page . The cylinder sort took the garbled flat image and made it realistic. I took that idea by reflecting the flames onto the nozzle. When close enough, the flames envelop a viewers body. Anyone could have the issue of fire. A glass piece on the top simulates water and there is a light in the evening.
Please check out the video interview made by UCSD.
Close up of the reflection of the flames onto the nozzle.
This is a glass mosaic.
Night time at Fire Station #11.
The building is designed by Robbins, Jorgensen and Christopher
I connected actual fire hose (stuffed with carpet pad) on to a sonotube. Wax was used to blend and fill. I then drove it to the Shidoni Foundry in New Mexico because they could do it in a single pour. It was all packed with ice packs to make it through the desert without melting.
Here is a worker making a silicone mold on the fire hose in order to cast it in bronze.
This is one of many varied sidewalk plaques that start on India Street and take a viewer to Amici Park. One passes the iconic church and then sees the 4 tables with the same red and white glass time.
There have been many road and sidewalk renovations in the area, so some might be missing. I was telephoned by residents however an artist has no real control of their art once the job is complete.