Artwork copyright Jack Archibald. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Artwork copyright Jack Archibald. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Artwork copyright Jack Archibald. Photo courtesy of the artist (detail).

Artwork copyright Jack Archibald. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Artwork copyright Jack Archibald. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Circumnavigating the Century, 2001

Jack Archibald
(American, born 1950)

Location: Clover Park Technical College - South Hill, Puyallup

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Artist Jack Archibald created the stained glass artwork Circumnavigating the Century for Clover Park Technical College's School of Aerospace and Aviation. The abstract designs references aviation imagery. The window and its symbols complement the building's architecture and use aviation as a source of information and inspiration. Students in the aviation program can study toward becoming a pilot or a variety of technical and mechanical certifications.

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Clover Park Technical College.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Glass artist Jack Archibald uses light to animate the colors and abstract shapes in his stained glass artworks. In his own words, "As a stained glass artist, I work with light. Glass is uniquely interactive with light, its transitions, its intensities, its colors. Throughout the day, a window constantly undergoes transformation. The changing light animates the glass."

Archibald earned a Bachelor of Arts degree (1972) from the University of Wisconsin. In 1981, he established the private studio called "Revisionary Glassworks" on Camano Island, on North Puget Sound, Western Washington.