Caravel

For years Isla Burns worked with the idea of using a vessel as a base or container to hold precarious arrangements. Initially, Caravel was going to feature a thick flat dish, but that changed once she reevaluated the site. She decided on a horizontal canoe shape, which would read long and low, so as to avoid any visual friction with the building. She also considered how it would look from above, from buildings like the CN Tower. The feel and tension of the sculpture lies in its shape, the relationship of the ground to its curving form the ground, the weight pressing down one end while the other lifts up, weightless.