We’ve begun laying out and trimming the community-made glass panels for the Kempsville public art project—an exciting moment where the collective story starts to come into focus. Our attention now turns to the sculpture’s narrative bas-relief panels.
The quick studio flyover shows us evaluating the works side by side, spotting patterns, rhythms, and powerful adjacencies. The panels tell stories of local flora and fauna, historic buildings, heroic and difficult histories, Indigenous and colonial narratives, local teams, and contemporary life.
Choosing which panels make the final sculpture will be the hardest part—every piece matters. Harbor of Stories is becoming a true communal portrait of Kempsville.