"The 9/11 Memorial Committee began their task by selecting a world-renowned glass artist to design a sculpture for Danbury. Henry Richardson of Lenox, Massachusetts met with the Committee several times and presented samples of his work. A glass tower design similar to his sculpture owned by the DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park in Massachusetts was selected for the Danbury 9/11 Memorial. DeCordova’s curators commented, “Henry Richardson uses glass to explore geometric shapes that he creates with careful attention to surface and color, sculpting glass in the manner in which most artists chisel stone. Unlike stone sculptors, however, he simultaneously works the material in a reductive and additive manner, layering the glass while chipping it away to create texture. This smooth/rough texture refracts light, adding tactile and visual interest.
The Danbury 9/11 Memorial, located on the south island of Elmwood Park on Main Street, is a twelve-foot tower of glass mounted on a pentagon of Connecticut granite. All Connecticut victims' names are etched into one panel of the tower. Danbury residents' names are highlighted at eye-level. The glass tower will be lighted from dusk to dawn."
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