Warren Carther Winnipeg Airport Sculpture Installation, Sept 27 2011

“Aperture”

a glass sculpture by Warren Carther commissioned for the new

Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson Airport

How to describe it:

It’s a carved and sandblasted blue glass sculpture lit from beneath and within by coloured LEDs.

When approaching it from the security check in, where all passengers pass through,

the aperture created by the piece frames the prairie landscape seen through the windows of the departure lounge.

Quite lovely.

Warren Carther’s website

This was the day most of the blocks were assembled. Tough one.

Click here for the next step in the Aperture installation

_MG_1239 — Winnipeg Airport Sept 2011 still under construction

_MG_1241 — Winnipeg Airport Sept 2011 still under construction

_MG_1635 — Glass art by Warren Carther

_MG_1642 — Installation of "Aperture" by Warren Carther

_MG_1673 — Warren Carther, Sept 2011

_MG_1812 — With the lights on the glass glows.

_MG_1815 — With the lights off the glass looks opaque

_MG_1863 — Installation of Warren Carther's "Aperture" LED lit glass sculpture at Winnipeg Airport, Sept 2011

_MG_1954 — Windex. Very helpful stuff

_MG_1990 — 5 tons of glass hanging above 5 tons of glass. Everyone was very clenched.

_MG_2037 — Loctite Hysol E-30CL epoxy resin. Tough stuff!

_MG_2107 — The piece had to be perfectly level when lowering down to touch the bottom half, otherwise glass splinters might fly.

_MG_2186 — Looks good!

3 thoughts on “Warren Carther Winnipeg Airport Sculpture Installation, Sept 27 2011”

Doug Wiebe says:

November 13, 2011 at 7:28 am

Was wonderful to Warren Carther’s installation at the new airport… but had no idea how complicated the actual installing was…thanks for sharing this!
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Garth says:

June 20, 2013 at 8:29 am

As always, I’m totally in awe. However not surprised at the level of inspiring creativity.

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