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Sanctuary at Marie Curie STEM Elementary School.

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Sanctuary

Stainless steel butterflies fill a school ceiling. We fabricated Horatio Law’s sculpture for Marie Curie STEM Elementary School.

Marie Curie STEM Elementary · Pasco
Artistic concept: Horatio Hung-Yan Law Fabrication: Western Iron Works
The project
Artistic concept
Horatio Hung-Yan Law
Location
Pasco, Washington
Fabrication
Western Iron Works
Completed
2019

The artist’s idea

Why butterflies?

Horatio Law connected the migration of butterflies with the experiences of the school’s immigrant and migrant families.

Law began with workshops at Marie Curie STEM Elementary School. Students folded paper butterflies while learning about monarch lifecycles and migration. Their temporary installation in the school’s vaulted ceiling became the starting point for Sanctuary.

The butterflies connect those journeys to the immigrant and migrant experiences of students, parents, and staff. The title reflects the school’s role as a place of learning, care and belonging.

Horatio Hung-Yan Law · Artist & concept

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Metalwork details

The butterflies and branches

The branches are made from slender metal strands. Stainless steel butterflies sit at different angles along them.

Butterfly forms and the branchwork up close.

Custom sculpture fabrication · Western Iron Works

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Marie Curie STEM Elementary

The sculpture from below

The finished branches extend into the space between the ceiling beams.

The finished sculpture, viewed directly from below.

Photographs courtesy of Horatio Hung-Yan Law.

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