I’ve wanted to make this piece for over 20 years. I started collecting pieces for it in Oakland where I got the idea while working in various metal shops and rolling these cylinders around all the time. I collected and lost pieces and parts while I worked in architectural metals fabrication, graphic design, property management and maintenance, becoming a mother and all the things of life happened. Now, having owned a home and built a 15 year career in art education, and my own shop, I could re-collect and finally build her. No, we don’t have many earthquakes in Colorado.