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Doohickie :verified:

The people in the neighborhood wanted a bridge over the creek. The city had no funding for for something like that. But they did get an grant, so they hired an artist to create an art installation that would span the creek that people could walk on. I frequently walk my dogs along this creek and yes, over the bridge sometimes.
dezeen.com/2021/08/06/drift-pe

A bridge over a small creek that has organic contours as if it were a piece of drift wood. The bridge is a piece of art called "Drift"
Nov 30, 2022, 06:46 AM·Public·Web
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Doohickie :verified:

Huh. This is, by far, my most popular Toot.

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Doohickie :verified:

The piece is called Drift and is intended to evoke a piece of driftwood. When it was brand new it had a very nice finish which has quickly faded (as intended... to make it look like driftwood). Some people have complained about that, but I like it personally. The planks are cedar and the bridge has an aromatic smell to it.

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Doohickie :verified:

The bridge, in springtime

Drift bridge (a pedestrian bridge made to look like a piece of driftwood) over a small stream with tall grasses with yellow flowers
A stream with flowers growing in the banks, with Drift bridge (a pedestrian bridge made to look like a piece of driftwood) crossing over the stream in middle distance
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Doohickie :verified:

I noticed some renewed interest in my post about the Drift art installation/bridge. Here are some recent springtime photos:

A view bridge from a ways up the creek, with white and yellow wildflowers growing along the creek
Looking at the bridge from the north with wildflowers and grasses growing along the banks of the creek
Looking at the bridge from the south with yellow, white and red wildflowers growing on the banks of the creek
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Doohickie :verified:

@sylphrin Me too! It is a nice enhancement to the walking track along the creek.

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Bob Williams

@Doohickie It looks a bit like a ship hull. I prefer the fade to some artificial looking stain, it blends in nicely.

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Doohickie :verified:

@BobWilliams I tried referring to it as "Paul Bunyan's Canoe" but it didn't catch on. 😂

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@Doohickie Great story and beautiful bridge! Love this kind of creative thinking 😻

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Karl Auerbach

@Doohickie It looks great! But I saw it not as driftwood but as the lower half of Ahab's white whale.

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Doohickie :verified:

@karlauerbach I like it. Being an abstract form of smooth surfaces, it inspires many interpretations.

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