Chief Seattle
Address:
27th and Sunset Drive
Category: Art
Review: This piece was an early marriage of art and technology. Richard Van Buskirk worked as an engineer but was intrigued with the idea of using emerging computer technology to establish the shapes of the pieces for a welded piece of metal art. He designed the planes of the sculpture and their related angles using then emerging computer technology. In order to actually create the art, he took a welding class at Bates Technical College in Tacoma. Although it looks like a monolith, the piece contains 66 individual pieces of metal.
Description: Artist: Richard Van Buskirk
Dimensions: 4ft X 3ft X 3ft
Installed: mid 1970s
