The Positive Spirit
figure, 9' tall + spinners = 15'
plate aluminum, stainless rod and staff, polyurethane paint, experimental magnetic bearings
Fort Collins High School, Colorado
2008



text on the figure's staff: "DEDICATED TO ALL WHO LEAVE A POSITIVE MARK"


The Positive Spirit, is a forward moving androgynous figure trailing a history of colorful, kinetic events.
The work commemorates the retirement of Judi Bassani, a Fort Collins High School art teacher who's 
remarkably positive spirit impacted students' life vision throughout her tenure.


low friction bearing method - each spinner is mounted to a machined delrin ring magnet holder that "floats" between ring magnets of like poles