"Janet Echelman's Aerial Sculpture, a delightful form of Public Art"

The artist is known for building, living, breathing sculptures that respond to the forces of nature, wind, water and light. This particular sculpture was made out of fishing net. She combines cutting edge technology and ancient craft. The scale of her designs often are as large as buildings. Her idea of using fishing nets was inspired by her travels to India where he learned tricks from local fisherman.

Artist	Janet Echelman
Year	2011
Type	Powder-coated steel, skylights, colored fiber, computer-programmed airflow & colored light, and terrazzo floor.
Location	San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 2, San Francisco, California,USA

The sculpture consists of several elements. Three net structures hang from the ceiling under skylights designed to cast shadows of the nets on the floor. The terrazzo flooring is part of the work, and is designed to look like shadows of each net sculpture. At night, the lighting transitions in color from indigo to orange. Computer controlled airflow makes the sculpture and skylight shadows appear to move with the wind.

The nets were created with braided fibers and knotted twine suspended from rings of steel armature. The nets' shapes are designed to look like clouds and reference local weather patterns and microclimates. The colors were chosen to be reminiscent of psychedelic music artwork and the Summer of Love, while also reflecting that the bay area as a contemporary hub of innovation and technology.

I like both of these works because of her choice of materials and how they interact with light and movement. These two works look like you could get lost in them. They almost look like something from space.