ST. LOUIE BONES
By Robert Stackhouse Pine Timbers, White Stain, Nails 32" x 818" x 146" 1987
Graphite on Drafting Mylar 24" x 36" College of Architecture, Washington University in St. Louis Fall 2018
St. Louie Bones, pictured here, is a site-specific sculpture by Robert Stackhouse, which is located in St. Louis's Laumeier Sculpture Park.
The age and natural properties of degradation have altered the sculpture since its initial installation in 1987, making St. Louie Bones an interesting subject to diagram. The two section cuts and elevation highlight the imperfect qualities of the sculpture and the way that it interacts with its site. In particular, I focused on the concave nature of the sculpture's surface, and the "bowl within a bowl effect" of its similarly concave environment.