Bell Pagoda

"Realtime" a sculpture inspired by the bell curve, as a 3 dimensional sculptural
object, the bell curve becomes a visualization of pattern and harmony.  It is sculpted of
bamboo plywood with hand rubbed oil finish, it measures 5 feet x 47" x 47."

The "Bell Pagoda" completed in the summer of 2009 is inspired by the intrinsic beauty
of the bell curve. It comprises nine 8” concentric circle rings divided between tinted
blue ½” safety glass and ½” steel. The sculpture is situated in a community garden at a
housing redevelopment in urban downtown Sacramento. The moving arc of the sun
creates a dynamic shadow of the rings on the ground that changes throughout the day.
The Bell Pagoda stands 16 feet in height and 12 feet in diameter.
Location: Fremont Community Garden, 14th and Q Street, Sacramento, California

Looking up into the top of the “The Bell Pagoda” illustrates the over all symmetry and
geometry linking all the components of the sculpture.  This view highlights the smooth
lines of the heavy steel truss dividing and supporting the concentric glass and steel rings.
There is a constantly shifting visual relationship between the rings as the viewer moves
beneath the sculpture.

The "Bell Pagoda” finial is a10” handblown glass sphere atop four progressively smaller
½” glass disks and capped with a turned brushed aluminum bell form.  Solar powered
blue LED’s illuminate the interior of the glass sphere and cast light into the edge of the
glass disks at night.

“The "Bell Pagoda” has flexible photovoltaic panels attached to the second steel
ring of the sculpture with a battery compartment located at the base of the
sculpture. These photo cells power the LEDs in the sculptures finial.

“The "Bell Pagoda” weighed over 2 tons, the fabrication process reveals the intrinsic
 beauty of raw steel.

“The Bell Pagoda” is loaded and tied to a trailer ready for its final journey from Chico to Sacramento, California.

  The "Bell Pagoda” an assembled pagoda is hoisted into place by a large overhead crane.