Watch Leslie Fry's
video on the process
of fabricating and installing Nestbuilder
Leslie Fry Nestbuilder, 2010
Cast Stone
5850 N. Central Avenue
Seminole Heights
The Seminole Garden Center was originally built in
1939 and was renovated in 2010 by the City of Tampa. The building
and the grounds are used for everything from community meetings to
weddings. Artist Leslie Fry was selected due to her use of
traditional methods and materials to create nontraditional visions.
Leslie Fry created a cast-stone sculpture, approximately five feet
high, placed in the Garden Center’s front green area. The sculpture
was first modeled in clay and plaster, and then a large multi-part
polyurethane rubber mold was fabricated, fitted with fiberglass
support shell molds for the concrete.
"The sculpture features a bird-like figure in a nest-like form,
perched on a twisting pillar, all of which will appear to be made
out of bits of architecture and building tools. Imaginatively
speaking, the 'bird/woman' will be 'nesting' -- making a home with
the hammers, nails, columns, windows, etc., that are part of the
sculpture. Some elements of brick and window features reflecting the
Garden Center building can be found depicted within the sculpture.
These construction-oriented images reflect the historic architecture
of Old Seminole Heights, and allude to ongoing preservation." –
Leslie Fry
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