| Client: | Holland America |
| Architect: | Tihany Design |
| Completion: | September 2018 |
| Art Consultant: | ArtLink |
| Architectural Metal: | VR3 Engineering (tube rolling) |
| Krugman Studio: | Jason Krugman (artist), Addison Blakemore (fabricator), Andrew Martinez (fabricator), Chris Zack (fabricator), Kelly Wenrick (fabricator) Yevgeny Koramblyum (3D design) |
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In 2018, JKS designed, fabricated and installed a double-helix brass and LED sculpture for the Nieuw Statendam. Krugman's original Straw Helix artworks served as design inspiration for this sculpture. The sculpture is 21-ft tall and passes through a 4-ft circular space in the floor of the ballroom's mezzanine. Two colors of LED mix throughout the 210 struts joining the pairs of curving brass.
The four main structural brass rails running vertically up the sculture were CNC bent into identical spirals. At the top of the sculpture, the form opens and appears to unzip as it encounters the ceiling. This sculpture was an opportunity to create an artwork that was intricately designed to correspond with the features of a specific, highly designed space.
| Client: | Holland America |
| Architect: | Tihany Design |
| Completion: | March 2016 |
| Art Consultant: | ArtLink |
| Architectural Metal: | DCM Fabrication (aluminum plate mounting brackets) |
| Krugman Studio: | Jason Krugman (artist), Auriel Rickard (fabricator), Andrew Martinez (fabricator), Chris Zack (fabricator), Yevgeny Koramblyum (3D design) |
In March 2016, Krugman Studio designed, fabricated and installed a 21-ft tall spiraling brass light sculpture for the MS Konigsdamm, a new luxury cruiseliner by Holland America. The sculpture was built in two separate sections in Brooklyn and shipped to Italy for installation on board the ship. Titled, Quad Helix, the artwork incorporates parabolic curves and dozens of custom LED light elements. It runs on low-voltage DC and consumes under 200 watts of electricity.
To create the sculptures intricately twisting structure, the team heated brass tubing to over 1000 degrees F with oxyacetylene torches, and used gravity, heat and water to control its movement and ductility. A set of custom bending jigs were created to slump and pull the brass tubing into its final spiraling paths.
Rendering of the completed sculpture.
7-ft diameter powder-coated aluminum mounting plate with wiring chasing through custom hardware at the top.
Ceiling detail showing sleeved flanges and with slight reveals to allow for the deformation of the ship and to dampen vibration.
Looking upwards through the 21-ft height of the sculpture. The central radial geometry compounds to draw the view upwards.