06/17/2026
I paid a visit to the Key House today! I built this sculpture in 2022 at Creative 360. The vision was that the sculpture would feel complete once it was covered in flowering vines, but always be changing as flowers come and go.
If you haven’t seen this piece before here’s a little back story. My concept was based on the idea of a house with no doors, that is large enough for people to walk through and experience.
A house is a known symbol of shelter and in this instance the house is a symbol for a larger community. Each key hung on the walls (put there by our community members!) represents a community member with an open mind, open heart, and an open door to neighbors. It’s a metaphor for showing up for each other and embracing our differences to create something beautiful together. Everyone benefits from a community full of people who are willing to listen to one another and work together.
The plants in the corners symbolize the ever-evolving aspect of a community. This sculpture will look different each time you view it. Keys will shift, the sun will cast different shadows, and the the plants will one day overtake it, covering it in leaves and flowers, with keys poking out, looking like something straight out of Alice in Wonderland.
Creative 360 ended up moving locations after the initial install and thankfully they brought the Key House with them! The plants that had started to crawl up, however didn’t make it. I just replanted the Clematis plants *today*! I can’t wait to see this in its final form. 🗝️✨
