Permanent Art at MPPL
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Tetra Foil
 What do you see? Birds? Kites? Or…?
Step up to the second floor of the Mount Prospect Public Library to see the newly installed TetraFoil mobile, specially designed to add beautiful form and exciting movement to the area above the stairs. Designed by the artists and craftspeople of Guildworks in Portland, Oregon, this is a kinetic piece which includes 44 TetraFoils. Each TetraFoil delicately glides through the space using air currents and the surrounding energy. The interplay has been carefully orchestrated; Guildworks created a full scale model of the Library space in order to ensure the pieces could move freely. Marc Ricketts, Founder-Director of Guildworks, noted, “the piece has been designed to bring your eye skyward and pull your energy up. Our art is about beauty meeting design science. It is made with heart and imbued with a blissful spirit to create an uplifting experience.” Beyond artistic, the piece is also a feat of engineering. Over 100 yards of spectra fiber cloth was hand-dyed and carefully selected to complement the Library’s color scheme. The material has been sealed with a coating which protects it from dust and dirt, makes it fireproof, resists UV degradation, and is easy to clean. The struts are made from carbon fiber similar to the material used in bike frames. All of these elements have come together to create a visually beautiful piece of art. This piece was made possible by the Library’s Special Gift Fund. |
