"WAIKUI : THE MEETING OF TWO WATERS" - Hawai’i State Museum Sculpture Garden, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

in collaboration with Doug Young

Client: Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
Architect: Group 70 International, Inc.
Photo credits: Doug Young

Technique: Three layers of laminated, airbrushed and painted glass tiles

This was the second project with Peters Studios. We went through many trials of technique and color, and again pulled through with a product beyond our expectations – a first among exterior public art glass commissions.

– Doug Young, Artist

DESCRIPTION: Retaining a sense of Hawai’i’s first Olympic size pool, Waikui is comprised of two overlaying water images. The bottom is the historic pool and subtle swimming lanes; the transparent top is an ocean water image symbolizing the

meeting of two waters. O’ahu is known for being the "meeting place"; Waikui is an old place name on the Big Island where a sandalwood forest stream once flowed into the ocean.

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