The completed flower and aluminum base on 152nd Avenue NE.

Hybrid Flowers

We fabricated the aluminum bases that house the LEDs, drivers and wiring, and support the resin flower petals.

152nd Avenue NE · Redmond, Washington

Artistic concept: Horatio Law Aluminum bases: Western Iron Works

The project

Artistic concept: Horatio Law

Aluminum bases: Western Iron Works

Installed: 2025

Materials: Koda XT polycarbonate resin, aluminum & LED components

Horatio Law / Artistic concept

Flowers along 152nd Avenue

Colorful flower forms turn streetlights into public art in Redmond’s Overlake neighborhood.

Horatio Law developed the concept through art workshops with Redmond residents. Participants combined flower forms into hybrids that celebrate the community’s diversity. Their ideas helped shape the permanent artwork along the pedestrian corridor.

The translucent petals bring color to the street by day; integrated LED lighting illuminates the flowers after dark.

Redmond Public Art Collection · Installed 2025

Western Iron Works / Fabrication

Building the aluminum bases

We fabricated all of the aluminum bases for Hybrid Flowers, working from Horatio Law’s artistic concept.

The bases house the LED fixtures, drivers and wiring. The Koda XT polycarbonate resin petals attach to the aluminum assemblies.

Curved aluminum housing sections arranged on the shop floor. — Curved aluminum sections before assembly.

An aluminum base half held in clamps during fit-up in the WIW shop. — Fitting the curved wall, bottom plate and internal supports.

Inside the assembly

Inside the aluminum housing

The aluminum housing provides the connection for the petals and space for the lighting equipment around the lamp post.

These shop views show the curved outer wall, internal supports and central opening before the finished flower is assembled.

Our work: All aluminum bases
Housed within: LED fixtures, drivers and wiring
Attached above: Koda XT resin petals

Top view inside the assembled aluminum base, showing the center opening, internal brackets and circular pattern of openings. — Inside the housing before the lighting components and petals are fitted.

Pink resin flower petals fitted to the aluminum housing on the shop bench. — Checking the resin petals against their aluminum base.

In the shop

Fitting the petals

The resin panels meet the aluminum base at the bottom of each flower. We checked the fit of the petals and their mounting points against the aluminum bases before installation.

The full set