View the behind the scenes looks at Creating Art for Wildlife on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9J2kLUDnnQ

Representing the regrowth of the Ambler campus following the devastation of the tornado in 2020, our structure exhibits a helix shape that seemingly sprouts from the earth. This is an interactive installation in which the staff and students of the campus can compost their fruits and vegetables in order to fertilize the soil and promote plants to grow up the structure, both of which are food sources for the butterfly and caterpillars. This creates a safe environment for the butterflies to feed, mate, and travel through the tunnels created by the string, which will disorient their prey. A wood bending technique is used to create a dynamic structure which imitates the duality and lightness of a butterfly.

Foxational is a created art piece for the Red Fox. The form both protects the fox and allows people to view the fox at the same time. This project was awarded the Architecture Capstone Award. This design is a type of planter trellis. Strawberries are planted in the base, and the structure provides an area for shaded rest. Other animals will inhabit this too, of course, namely the squirrel and groundhog.

This project aims to create a visual experience reminiscent of spider webs and the processes of them being created. Originally inspired by the Spined micrathena spider, we wanted to create moments within the frames that aided the spiders to spin their webs and for passerbyers to view them. Each 5’ x 8’ frame consists of 2”x4” boards with interior, angled boards that change 10° every frame, allowing for varying spaces for webs. The orientation of the frames create different, visually intriguing perspectives as viewers move around the structure. As the spiders move webs, the old web can be used by other animals in creating their own nests.

The Spring Peeper is a tiny tree frog native to the forest of Pennsylvanian. These animals are attracted to moist warm environments, like wet stone or concrete. When it rains in the summer, the frogs are attracted to streets that are wet and warm making them vulnerable to being hit by a car. Our installation will simulate the qualities of the wet roads that the frogs like by capturing the morning dew. The tall aluminum fins will capture the phase change and allow the water to fall down its surfaces to be collected in a concrete base to create the perfect environment for the Spring Peeper.

Focusing on the Red Admiral Butterfly that inhabits the Templer Ambler Campus, “Woven” creates a feeding opportunity for the butterflies while acting as an eyecatching addition to the campus’ natural setting. The woven petals of the pavilion guide fruit from the existing paw-paw tree into a planted bed of flowers, all of which provide food for adult Red Admirals. The accompanying pavilions provide stones within the planted beds to create perching areas for the butterflies. The plants were selected based on their blooming season to create a dynamic installation that fluxuates throughout the butterflies’ lifecycle.