Heron Head Door Pulls

Title: Heron Head Door Pulls
LC Subject: Metal sculpture Bronze Bronze founding Bronze figurines Bronze implements Bronze sculpture Door fittings Door knobs Herons Birds in art sculpture (visual work) public sculpture bronze (metal)
Creator: Boyden, Frank
Description: This view depticts two cast bronze door handles in the shape of bent herons' heads, installed and operational. SOSC Multi-Family; installation day Frank Boyden was born 1942, in Portland, OR. He attended Yale University, School of Art, achieving a M.F.A. and B.F.A., in Painting, 1968. In 1965, he attended Colorado College, where he received a B.A. in Art. The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Arts Council of Southern Oregon. You may view their website at http://www.artscouncilso.org/
Location: Southern Oregon University, Family Housing >> Jackson County >> Oregon >> United States Jackson County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address: 1250 Siskiyou Boulevard, Ashland Oregon <br> A map of this location may be viewed at http://www.sou.edu/map/flashmap.html
Date: 1975/2012
Identifier: 1991_sou_multi-fam_housing_02_a03
Accession Number: 1991_sou_multi-fam_housing_02_a03
Rights: In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder: Boyden, Frank
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Measurements: 15 x 2.75 x 5 inches
Material: Sculpture; Metalwork; cast bronze heron heads with beaks and necks arching down: mounted on 3/8 inch bronze plate. Buffed to expose bronze at high points, waxed with shoe polish
Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Relation: 1991 Southern Oregon State College Multi-family Housing 1991_sou_multi-fam_housing
Has Version: slide; color
Institution: Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
Note: The works of art which are found throughout the housing complex are the result of a partnership between Oregon's Percent for Art program and Southern Oregon University. All of the works of art in the complex have been created with the many children who live here in mind. They are not only wonderful to look at but, with the exception of the glass window, have been designed to encourage touching and active involvement. The challenge which the artists faced was to design environments which would invite children to invent the way the components should be used and which would be visually strong and inviting as well. (author unknown; excerpt provided by the Oregon Arts Commission, 1991)
Color Space: RGB
Biographical Information: A door handle is a very common thing. I use door handles over 50 times each day and seldom stop to think about the process of moving from space to space or what I am touching. I have tried to make handles which people will use with pleaure and which are tactile and visually rich. I hope it becomes a pleasure to open these doors and go through them. (Boyden, 1991)