This paired steel sculpture for the Cloverdale Sport and Ice Complex in Surrey, BC holds a sense of suspended motion, drawing on the charged pause and directional energy that can be felt on ice, whether in a faceoff, a turn, or a lift. Though made of heavy steel, the forms appear light, almost wind-shaped, shifting as the viewer moves around them. Their relationship creates a visual tension that is at once precise, playful, and poised. Design began with a flat square of paper. Two intersecting folds terminate before crossing, joining through a cut arc. This cut “bends the fold” forcing the material to transition from a planar to a vaulted surface. The form emerges as a gradient of the material’s elasticity resolving these counter-biases. The design is therefore partly found in the nature of the material. Surface curvature is drawn out from the material’s elasticity, revealed through process. Like athletic movements on ice, Stillness is an elaboration of a flat plane realized by addressing material limits with skillful action. Commissioned through a two-stage open competition.