| Her Secret Is Patience | |
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| Artist | Janet Echelman |
| Year | 2009 |
| Type | High-tenacity Polyester |
| Location | Phoenix Civic Space Park, Phoenix, Arizona, United States |
Her Secret Is Patience is a public art sculpture commission designed by artist Janet Echelman for the city of Phoenix. Its creation was the result of collaboration between the artist and a team of award-winning engineers, architects, planners, and fabricators. It is located downtown in the Civic Space Park across from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. The sculpture consists of painted, galvanized steel; polyester twine netting; and colored lights. The piece cost $2.5 million.[1][2] The title of the piece is a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson and during construction it was unofficially titled Sky Bloom.[3]
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- ^ "Scaling Public Space: Janet Echelman". Sculpture Magazine. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
- ^ Sexton, Connie Cone (13 February 2009). "Sculpture gets a name, and it's not 'jellyfish'". Arizona Republic. Gannett. Retrieved 31 March 2017.