Gordon Huether's newly installed glass panels along a connecting bridge at Houston's William P. Hobby Airport are based on aerial photographs.
The walkway between the ticketing area and the gates at Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport has been enlivened by six massive glass panels installed along the windows of the connecting bridge in an installation entitled Over Houston (2009). The project, just the latest by prolific public artist Gordon Huether, employs 20-foot by 12-foot acid-etched and sand-blasted glass panes that feature brightly colored compositions based on aerial photographs of the topography of the area.
A number of different processes were used to create many layers of color and form laminated to create each panel.
Based on photographs he took from a small plane he chartered, Huether composed these individual panels from layers of enameled, acid-etched, fused, and sandblasted glass pieces that were sealed into insulated hurricane and tempered glass units on a bed of silicone.
The panels enliven the footbridge connecting the ticketing area to the gates.
This public art commission was awarded in 2003 and installed in December of 2009. Over 4,000 hours of studio time were required to complete the project, according to a release by Huether’s studio.
More information is available on the artist’s website here.