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Title
Flying Fish
Artist
Judith and Daniel Caldwell
Year
1999
Medium
Cast bronze, epoxy terrazzo, hand broadcast glass, marble and mother-of-pearl
Dimensions
850’-0" long x 1'-0 to 2'-6” wide, containing over 300 bronze castings from 0'-4” x 0'-1.5” to 1'-4” x 0'-5.”
Description of Artwork
A “stream” of hand broadcast colored glass and mother of pearl sparkles down the length of the 850 foot long airport concourse. The terrazzo floor is traveled by hundreds of cast bronze fish, representing dozens of species of freshwater and anadromous fish, both native and introduced, found in Washington rivers, streams and lakes. Among the fish, look for examples of plant life and several whimsical surprises, including a school of Northwest Coast Indigenous formline salmon made from a design contributed to the project by Native American Artist Marvin Oliver.
About the Artist
Judith and Daniel Caldwell are metal artists with a long history of designing, fabricating, and installing public artworks from their south Seattle studio. One of their first projects together, in 1999, was the installation of a stream of hundreds of bronze fish ‘swimming’ down the terrazzo floor of Concourse B. Since then, they have created dozens of significant public artworks for streetscapes, parks, playgrounds, plazas, housing developments, transportation centers, community centers, schools and colleges.
Judith and Daniel are both graduates of different university foundry programs, Judith at the UW in Seattle and Daniel at the UW in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
