On July 20, 2022, sculptor Barbara Fletcher came to the Burlington Sculpture Park and installed her work, Lumen, with much help from her friend Ron Weed, who also built the graceful stand on which Lumen sits.
Lumen is Barbara’s first work in metal, which she plans to use more. She is a mixed media sculptor, having used a wide variety of materials over her long career.
Visit her website to see many of her installations, smaller works, and graphic work.
Watch the video below to hear Barbara tell about her work and the creation of Lumen, and below that is a photo gallery from the installati0n.
A selection of images from July 20:
Lumen in the van
Removing Lumen
Ron carrying Lumen to the park
Lumen gets her first view of Burlington
Ron carries Lumen through the 95 degree heat!
Placing Lumen on the stand that Ron built for her.
Barbara Fletcher checking the angle of placement
Ron adjusts the angle
Drilling and screwing Lumen to the base.
Drilling the base into the concrete
Admiring!
Sculptor and sculpture.
The shadow will be a lovely feature of the work.
There is lots of color inside the body of the dragonfly
Another view of the colors
The face
The undercarriage.
Lumen with her colleagues.
The classic shadow