The Slug
Address:
Drexler Drive/Bridgeport
Category: Art
Slug
Artist: Christopher Hoppin
Medium: painted concrete
Dimensions: 3ft X 3ft X 8ft
Installed: 2007
Owned by the City of University Place
This whimsical character, which is placed where kids can climb on it, was one of the eight ideas for the 40th Street roundabout, "The Slug Race". The Friends of Homestead commissioned one of the race participants for a place within the park where it would be more accessible. It was created as a light-hearted way to celebrate nature. By viewing this typically unpleasant creature as an interactive sculpture, visitors get a different sense of nature and the environment, plus a bit of fun. The patterns painted on the slug are derived from cultures including Maori, Native American and Celtic.
