Wednesday, December 23, 2009

A Fruitful Year

It has been a fruitful year for us at Amri Studio, and we wanted to take a moment to share some of its visual highlights with you before we close for our annual holiday vacation, Dec. 24 through Jan. 3.



These projects are so recent, they are not yet on our website.  In fact, one of them was just installed last week — please read on for a sneak preview . . .

A 20-foot long Art Glass Mural and Donor Wall alongside a custom Tribute Plaque dedicated to J Willard and Alice Marriott at the ultramodern Marriott Research Library at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.



 

 

We had the honor of attending the opening of the new building, which was dedicated by former First Lady Laura Bush.



An inspiring and playful Donor Wall at Boston Children's Hospital, which included a custom-programmed Interactive Crystal Plaque placed at child height to entertain young patients.





A quiet seating area that became a sacred space, the new Mathews Chapel at Prentice Women's Hospital in Chicago, when we enclosed the space and mounted softly lit and exquisitely carved Art Glass panels of blossoming almond trees.


Cascading roses and a rosary of pearls that morphed into a dotted line showing the track of a 19th century sea voyage, then into a railroad crossing the Wild West, and finally into the beads on a teething ring held by a baby in a nurse's arms — these were the key elements in the largest installation we have ever done.  Two dark 100-foot hallways were transformed by an Art Glass Donor Wall and separate Heritage Wall, tracing the stirring history and heartfelt values of St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado.



 

 

Wishing you all the happiest and safest holiday season.  We are looking forward to some exciting projects in 2010!


More than Just a Wall

Question 1 }  when is a donor wall . . . not just a wall?



Answer 1 }  When its innovative spiral design breaks free from the limits of two dimensions and becomes a breathtaking piece of free-standing Art Glass Sculpture, dedicated to the memory of the beloved wife and son of a medical center's Major Donor.
  

Institution: Florida Hospital Cardiovascular Institute in Orlando, part of the Adventist Health System
Donor: The Alan Ginsburg Family Foundation
Source of inspiration: A Biblical quotation provided by the donors:

“Faith, it is a tree of life to those that grasp it.” 
—Proverbs 3:18

Highlights: 13 crystal panels deep-carved and etched with “Faith” text in eight languages which overlap the vivid images of leafy trees, making the sculpture a memorial grove for the honorees. Panels are mounted in a custom hardwood base and illuminated by soft amber and pink LED's. 
The Meaning Behind the Form: The gently undulating clusters of text visually echo the rhythm of the human heart beat – an apt effect for a cardiovascular facility.

First Place Winner, Unique Signs Category
2009 International Sign Contest sponsored by Signs of the Times magazine


Projects from 2009


light, my light
the world-filling light
the eye-kissing light
heart-sweetening light
. . .
the light is shattered 
into gold on every cloud
my darling
and it scatters gems
in profusion
—Tagore


University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 
 

 


Heather Pick Tribute

 


MSK





Mathews Chapel

 
 
 



Children's Hospital Boston







Marriott Library



 
 
 


St Mary's Heritage Wall

 
 
 
 


St Mary's Donor Wall