AC HOTEL vancouver waterfront
MOCHA MIRRORS & Gunmetal mirror
The AC Hotel in Vancouver, WA is perched on the Columbia River and is the first modern hotel in the city’s emerging waterfront area. As part of the hotel’s extensive art collection, the art curating team commissioned me to create two double-sided glass wall sculptures for the 7th floor prefunction and meeting rooms; a diptych consisting of two 25″H x 40″W panels which would eventually be entitled “Mocha Mirrors” and a 30″W x 39″H solo piece entitled “Gunmetal Mirror”. The conceptual design employed in both sculptures is inspired by the ancient philosophy of Yin and Yang. With a canvas consisting of triangular bars, the design creates three distinct views; one side is predominantly dark and shiny, the opposite side is lighter and matte, and when viewed head on, the two sides reflect themselves and harmonize. The AC Hotel brand is known for reflecting the souls of the cities in which their hotels reside. For AC Vancouver Waterfont, this meant bringing the natural beauty of the Columbia River and surrounding mountains indoors. Indiewalls sought to achieve this goal by curating artwork that would incorporate accents of porcelain, wood, stone, and glass paired with natural color palettes and abstract, naturalistic forms. My designs were chosen for the way in which the silvered water glass creates dramatic reflections that suggest sunlight shimmering on the river's surface.
