Here are renderings of another fun project in our queue. It’s another collaboration with the very talented artist Daniel Goldstein. This wall-mounted mural-mobile will hang in a corporate office building in Jacksonville, Florida. Stay tuned for pictures of the process!
(We’ll be creating a hanging piece for the space, too! We’ll share those renderings when they’re ready.)
Matt and Ben are still riding high (and utterly exhausted) from completing the Galaxy installation. And we have received the best feedback about it!
The art consultant (who forwarded these particular images of the piece) said, “These images circulated to a few people and all responded with such wonderful comments and feedback including [the CEO of Houston Methodist] with ‘stunning.’”
And Daniel Goldstein, the concept artist, said, “Oh Matt!!!! It looks amazing. I cannot thank you enough for your outstanding work. I hope you are happy with it. I know I am. I know how grueling those installations can be. Get some sleep. Thank you and your team for your phenomenal work.”
(We especially appreciate that Daniel understands how truly grueling installations can be!)
Drumroll please….
Presenting: Galaxy
Concept design by Daniel Goldstein. Design detail, fabrication, and installation by Matt Richards and Ben Cogdill of Ekko Mobiles.
Fun facts:
Made of powder-coated aluminum and steel, stainless-steel braided cable
Hangs 56 feet tall by 21 feet in diameter
Includes roughly 900 shape elements
Includes approximately 15,000 feet of cable (nearly 3 miles!)
Installed in the main lobby of Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital
The Woodlands ceiling sculpture installation is complete! Matt and Ben spent four very, very long days on this installation. It’s exhausting work, but seeing the end result is so rewarding. Stay tuned for final pictures!
The empty space
The 21-foot diameter frame.
The hanging element.
Hoisting the frame
Prepping the frame to hang shapes.
Hanging the (900!) shapes
Getting close!
Why hello, 2022! We’re kicking off the new year with a trip to Houston to install this beast. Stay tuned for updates!
We’re finishing up the shapes and elements that will be part of the The Woodlands hospital ceiling sculpture. That massive hanging hook with all the cables coming off of it hints at the complexity of this piece. We’re so excited to see it come together!
The ceiling sculpture installation at the hospital in The Woodlands, Texas isn’t scheduled until January, but to ensure the frames arrive on time, we’re freighting them now. (You never know what the weather will do this time of year!) The frames were safely packed up in a box large enough to freight a few grown men. Our fingers are crossed for an uneventful journey to Texas.
We’re deep in the fabrication phase of this kinetic sculpture for a hospital in The Woodlands, Texas. The mobile will hang from an enormous 21-foot-diamter frame. We’re creating eight triangles to piece together into an octagon for the frame. Each triangle is 11 feet tall by 8.5 feet wide. (And little behind-the-scenes tidbit: transporting these enormous structures will be no small feat!)
Here are renderings of another collaboration we’re doing with artist Daniel Goldstein. This kinetic sculpture will hang more than 50 feet tall in a hospital atrium based in The Woodlands, Texas. We’re excited to see amazing design come together!
Well darn it, we didn’t get good pictures of the entire Nebraska hospital ceiling sculpture without packaging debris all over the place, but here are some lovely shots of portions of the mobile—and some full shots with the debris that you’ll just have to overlook…
Fingers crossed we’ll get our hands on some professional shots of this ceiling sculpture, because we’re so happy with how it turned out! It spans the hospital’s cafeteria, and it adds a fun, playfulness to the space.
Huge shout-out to artist extraordinaire Daniel Goldstein for the amazing design and for the opportunity to collaborate on such a beautiful project!
