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TERRY LEE DILL ARTWORK

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MECHANICAL DRAWING - Maquettes- on site works

" Rolling Ball Bridge " A site-specific project using a 6'-0 stainless steel sphere that tracks on a protected rail system  below the walkway. Viewers could  push the ball back and forth as they crossed  the bridge structure.

 Collection of  the Des Moines Art Center

                                       " Water Tower "

A complex drawing using 4 layers of translucent graph paper cross-section of the structural elements of the work. 

 " Cranbrook Rain Dome " 

Wind  Generated Water Pumping System to feed the Fountains at Cranbrook from the Aquifer System under the Campus.

" Hamilton Cenotaph Tower"

Maquette for a 250 foot tower

 " Hamilton Cenotaph Tower "
Detail

 " Hamilton Cenotaph Tower "

Detail

" Project for cleaning up Lake St. Claire"

Wind generated pumping stations that float in the center of the lake. They would  aerate and clean the contaminated lake water. 

" Project for cleaning up Lake St. Claire"

 Detail of the Clinton River

 Original Proposed Drawing for the sculpture titled " X-Ray Man-Ray "

Public Commission for the City of Birmingham, Michigan 

" NYC Tallest City Park "

" X-Ray Man Ray "

Donated to the city of Birmingham, MI. 

by Dr. Mark Berman


" NYC Tallest City Park "

" NYC Tallest City Park "

" NYC Tallest City Park "

Proposed as the tallest city park in the world. Created to solve the problems of large buildings casting shadows on  Central  Park in  NYC.  The park structure has a spiral ramp way to top at 3500 feet  to walk or take core elevator system.   


" Avalanche Sculpture "

" NYC Tallest City Park "

" Avalanche Sculpture "

I proposed these site-specific works in the Swiss Alps using pre-existing avalanche walls creating  structures support colorful panels on the side of mountain. I received no support from the Swiss government on this project.  
  


More proposals

Cross-Section drawing of the " Avalanche Sculpture "

Cross-Section drawing of the " Avalanche Sculpture "

Cross-Section drawing of the " Avalanche Sculpture "

A drawing of a site-specific proposal for the Swiss Alps by building a support structure to reinforce avalanche walls with a series reflective panels opposite a structure of color that could be seen the opposing mountainsides.    

" Wind Driven Solar Panels "

Cross-Section drawing of the " Avalanche Sculpture "

Cross-Section drawing of the " Avalanche Sculpture "

Proposed as a new energy source using wind driven solar panels that rotate in a 360 degree movement picking up both wind and solar power 

" 208 Days Condemnation "

" Reflective Tower Building "

" Reflective Tower Building "

My work is about constructed problem solving. A complicated idea revolving around capitol punishment.  I was thinking about  a humane way to deal with criminal executions. I personally disagree with capitol punishment. In an effort to designed a prison that would solve the problem. There are 3  layers of translucent herculene showing  the outer section and the interior sections of the spiral system with 208 jail cells. The prisoners move up the spiral ramp to the top. The last cell is number 209  with a 360 degree view of the outside  world. I was directly  influenced by the last scene of the movie "Soylent Green".    

" Reflective Tower Building "

" Reflective Tower Building "

" Reflective Tower Building "

Proposed a wall site-specific sculpture on the outside of a building using translucent plexiglass mirror panels would pick up reflective light. The viewers from inside the building could see right through the two way mirrored panels piece. The mirrors themselves would pick the moving imagine of the clouds passing and variety activities on the street below.    

" Six Pack"

" Six Pack"

" Six Pack"

                                         6 -12 ft. stainless  steel sphere (outside a sport arena)                               

                                        Pencil, color markers, 2 layers of graph paper 

                                         30" x  20"                                                           

 

" Floating Ball Bridge"

" Six Pack"

" Six Pack"

 I designed the " Floating Ball Bridge " for a art collector who had a long narrow lake on his property and wanted an unusual  bridge across the lake.

I used what I would call functional engineering and create a site-specific piece of 13 floating spheres that support the structure of the bridge both the summer months as well as the frozen winter months.

        Color makers and ink on Herculene Film                                       

                                                40" x  30"                                                           

 

Drawings, sketches, and concepts for a variety sculptural id

" 15 Spheres in a Room "

" Ten Steel Spheres on a Wedge "

" Ten Steel Spheres on a Wedge "

Ball proposal:  installation for 15 steel spheres 

into a room at P.S 1 in Queens ,  New York by using a single steel cable to lock them in a room.

" Ten Steel Spheres on a Wedge "

" Ten Steel Spheres on a Wedge "

" Ten Steel Spheres on a Wedge "

Proposal for an architectural installation of 10 - 8 foot steel sphere on a wedge shaped  sideway held in place by steel retainer structure on  a contemporary art museum in Chicago.

Sketches for sculptural on site installation of various materials

Sketches for sculptural on site installation of various materials

Sketches for sculptural on site installation of various materials

This drawing is a part of a series of drawings and sketches for some my on site installation and at galleries or museums.

" Rolling Balls Gate " systems

Sketches for sculptural on site installation of various materials

Sketches for sculptural on site installation of various materials

An original drawing for Public Art Program for  percentage art fund  for the city of Seattle, Washington. To design "art  gate" of the new bus station. The balls would roll off each other and support the gate as it would open and close. 

Various Drawings

" Sphere Illusion "

" Sphere Illusion "

" Sphere Illusion "

An experiment in depth perception using two rooms at P.S. 1 where I had a studio in the late 70's.... creating the illusion two spheres of two different sizes from one room to the next. 

" Two Spheres "

" Sphere Illusion "

" Sphere Illusion "

Another experiment in depth perception using a site-specific work in the late 70's.... creating the illusion two spheres of two different sizes . Placed on a constructed abstract steel I-Beam to distort the illusion of how the spheres ( one 6'-0 and the other 10'-0 ) sit in the well of the I-Beam . 

Site Content

" Valley of the Balls"

" Valley of the Balls"

" Valley of the Balls"

A  land installation using  six foot hundreds steel spheres that would refine the surface landscape.

" Caterpillar"

" Valley of the Balls"

" Valley of the Balls"

A series of seven  36" steel spheres held in place by concrete casting holding them in place in a straight line.

Ideas for on site installation

Ideas for on site installation

Ideas for on site installation

I did a number of on site installation bring a variety of found material a museum or art galleries and use the outdoor space that was available to me.

I made a lot guerrilla installation during my time in New York City.

" Chain Lock "

Ideas for on site installation

Ideas for on site installation

Idea for chain locking two 48" polyglots spheres to a vertical  I-Beam post

Fantasy Monumental Projects

" Mystery of Robert Morris "

" Mystery of Robert Morris "

" Mystery of Robert Morris "

Designed as a water tower that is connected to a power supply building, The drawing  is four layers of translucent graph paper  which aided in drawing the intricate construction of the support structure  for the  sphere.

Pencil on Graphic Paper

30" x 20"

Private Art Collection

" Heavenly Bodies "

" Mystery of Robert Morris "

" Mystery of Robert Morris "

I proposed a series of it ideas using the World Trade Towers in an effort to create monumental architectural floating aluminum rings that would float up and down using the vertical sheer force of the wind striking the towers 1982.  

Exhibition Catalog Cover

The Isolation of Jud # 2

 Top view of  the structural elements of the woPencil, color markers, 4 layers of Herculene film          

36 2/4 " x 30"  Catalog Cover for the Sculpture & Drawings Nassau County Museum  Copyrighted 1982

Various Drawings

Sketches for site construction for Installation Projects

I have made a series on site installations at Museums, Art Centers and Galleries Made various materials        I-Beams, steel cable, steel balls and wood.

Architectual Projects

Earthquake Proof Building

Proposal for a design to create an earthquake proof building that is sited on 32- 40 '-0 steel sphere with sliding teflon pads at the top and bottom. The dense structure of the building would keep the building intact as it would roll off the steel spheres during an earthquake. 

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