Sky
Veil
Thousands of pieces of laminated dichroic glass transform a four-story courthouse facade into a changing field of reflected color.
Color, glass and architecture.
Sky Veil is an architectural public artwork by Catherine Widgery for the Ogden Juvenile Courthouse in Ogden, Utah. Laminated dichroic glass is mounted along the interior faces of the building's facade mullions, changing with the viewer's position, daylight and the mountain landscape beyond.
LostMachine fabricated the custom mounting system and prepared the thousands of individual glass elements for installation, then carried the work through an unusually compressed overnight installation schedule.
Architecture through a new lens.
Thousands of parts. One mounting system.
The work depended on a repeatable system that could locate and secure thousands of glass pieces across the facade. LostMachine produced the custom aluminum hardware, organized the glass for installation, and installed the work during overnight access to the building.
Precision repeated at architectural scale.
Sky Veil demonstrates LostMachine's ability to combine CNC-machined components, specialty materials, repeatable mounting systems and field installation while preserving the artist's design.